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Originally Posted by pats1
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People seem to have very little conception of how officiating and 7-man crew mechanics work.
If Jeff Triplette tried to call a face mask 15 yards down field or pass interference, he'd be laughed off the field.
The ref has down and distance, responsibility for never turning his back on the ball after the U puts it in play, and roughing behind the line of scrimmage. He'll be a back up to the U for certain LOS issues, like false start or ineligible man downfield. He sometimes will be the one that calls grounding, although primarily his job is to see where the QB was when the released the ball and then he'll consult with others to see if the rest of the play is grounding. He's generally responsible for QB fumble issues. He'll call back of the end zone safeties. Sometimes if there is a turnover that goes the other way, he'll have to make certain calls like out of bounds or something if it happens so quickly that the line guys can't get back.
Other than that, the ref is not the guy that matters very much with respect to controversial calls. He goes under the hood, that's true. He'll mediate disputes if two refs need to discuss something (usually the line and side judges; occasionally the side and back judge). But otherwise, his job is just to announce the penalties that the rest of his crew calls.
So, in the conference championship game where it's an all star crew, being upset because the ref is the same ref that presided over a game where you didn't like a call that someone on his crew made is kind of silly. The ref didn't have anything to do with it, other than announcing it to the crowd.
If you have HDTV, watch the ref during a snap and you'll realize it's kind of a stretch to blame Jeff Triplette for a bad PI call made 2 years ago.
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