I’m sitting at a bar drinking Tito’s with chief fans yelling at me. I DO NOT BLAME THEM!
Mike Pereira
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Mike Pereira
@MikePereira
Former Vice President of Officiating in the National Football League. Current Rules Analyst at FOX Sports. Referee of Twitters 18th officiating crew
- regarding the Buffalo no touchdown, nothing more irritating to an official than to make a great call and then someone in a suit in an office in New York incorrectly reverses it. It is more and more obvious that there isn't a standard for staying with the call on the field.
- Horrible way to start the playoffs. I hate to say it but this was not a good performance by the crew. Teams and fans deserve better.
- I was watching that play here in the studios and to me that was a fumble and should’ve been a recovery by Buffalo.
- Look, here is the rule. If you’re going to the ground you have to hold onto the ball when the ball hits the ground…Going to the ground trumps lunging/reaching to try and get extra yards or score a TD. You do that at your own risk. It’s incomplete…just ask Dez
- Enough people have asked about the blindside block that I feel I need to give my opinion. I think the call is incorrect. He doesn't lead with his shoulder or head. He pushes him. It is a bad rule and I will give my suggested rule change on Last Call Monday at 11am PST.
- Am I the only one that didn’t feel the Clemson fumble should have been overturned? Did the tip of the ball actually touch the ground out of bounds? Was it indisputable? I don’t think so.
- Holy Shit. I am sitting outside of our broadcast booth and a guy walked by with his son and said to him, “that’s Gene Steratore sitting there.” I guess I should be flattered. Sorry Gene.
- People are saying a runner breaking the plane causes the ball to become dead…which is true. BUT the receiver does not become a runner until he completes the process of the catch. TOTALLY DIFFERENT
- I am out of here. Biggest call was the DPI pickup. It was DPI and it was defensive holding as well. Not good. Flying back to Sac tonight.
- Unless I am crazy, they really mishandled the replay. They should have reset the clock to 41 seconds and then run 10 seconds down to 31. That took 15 seconds away from the Saints.
- In Pittsburgh, offside on the offensive guard? Officials are told to call that if a lineman has his head in the neutral zone on the short yardage push plays, not on field goal attempts.
- My father-in-Law, Roy Snyder. This is us today as he celebrates his 100th birthday. WWll Vet. Shot down and was captured in Austria. Spent 16 months in Stalag 17. Still living at home, still shaking dice for quarters every day, occasionally with a rum and coke.
- Sunday in Fremont, CA, with my father-in-law who is a 98 year old WWII Vet. Shot down in 1943, 16 months in Stalag 17, and today sitting in his backyard wearing his GS Warriors t-shirt and sweat pants. He can’t wait for tip-off. The man is incredible. I’m honored to be with him.
