The NFL Thread 2016: New England Patriots Win Super Bowl LI

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sethnintendo said:

Angelus said:

At this point in the season is anybody really surprised anymore?

Almost every game I've seen this season has been terribly officiated, so one could argue that basically every one score game was in some way decided by the refs. We can only hope that the NFL takes this as a fucking wake up call and hires some full time referees, and gives them proper training. Nobody wants to see professional sports come down to refs running rampant.

There is a huge ripped ref that looks like he can bench 500 or so.  I believe he is NFL and not college but I might be mistaken.  Sorry if I brought it up if he is in the NCAA.  Just trying to say he seemed to always make the right calls and I only remember him because he looks like he is about to go in the game and deck someone.

That is DEFINITELY Ed Hochuli, he is the only ripped ref that I know of. He's great at his job, and he always gives great descriptions of what the call was and why they made it...sometimes a little too long-winded, but his crew always does a nice job.