dude pulled out a rule no one has ever heard of before right out of thin air

9/9/2007 9:07:17 PM

crack back.. I was like wtf

9/9/2007 9:07:55 PM

which was?

9/9/2007 9:08:12 PM

so they've changed 2 rules this year b/c of Romo and Vick?

interesting

9/9/2007 9:16:46 PM

damn right he is!

9/9/2007 9:22:50 PM

what the hell was the call

9/9/2007 9:25:48 PM

crackback block

"an illegal block delivered below the opponent's waist by an offensive player who had left the area of close line play and then returned to it, or was not within it at the snap. The term is also used to describe a legal block (delivered from the front, or from the side with the offensive player's helmet in front of the blocked player) by a wide receiver on a player who lined up inside of him."


[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 9:35 PM. Reason : asdfghjk]

9/9/2007 9:32:44 PM

I thought everyone knew what a crackback was.

9/9/2007 9:41:04 PM

yeah, crack back is pretty well known i thought

9/9/2007 9:52:06 PM

yeah but when Ed Hoculi explains a penalty he's basically reciting the rulebook word for word from memory

thus confusing 100% of the football audience

9/9/2007 9:53:43 PM

every single charlieefh post reads I DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT FOOTBALL



[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 10:02 PM. Reason : ahaha http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=367060]

9/9/2007 9:59:25 PM

aha

[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 10:03 PM. Reason : = i don't give a shit, i thought it was funny....]

9/9/2007 10:02:54 PM

i thought he was the man because he's built like a football player but hes still a referree

9/9/2007 10:15:29 PM

way to spell the man's name wrong in the tribute thread

9/9/2007 10:28:24 PM

where'd all the monday morning thread makers come from...

9/9/2007 10:32:45 PM

he's also a dang lawyer

http://www.jshfirm.com/custom.cfm?name=c_attorneydetail.cfm&id=7

[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 10:42 PM. Reason : I didn't know that before tonight]

[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 10:43 PM. Reason : ]

9/9/2007 10:41:08 PM

someone should email him and tell him i spelled his name wrong...

9/9/2007 10:45:25 PM

wow, thats pretty hardcore to be a law partner AND superbowl ref

9/10/2007 6:37:59 AM

He couldn't have picked two more hated professions

9/10/2007 6:57:34 AM

Quote :

"he's also a dang lawyer "

i think most refs are ex lawyers

both are jobs with life/death decision making

and refs make shit, they have to have money stashed away

9/10/2007 7:03:17 AM

how long have you been watching football

its a fairly common call

9/10/2007 8:10:21 AM

Quote :

"In his free time, Mr. Hochuli moonlights as a Referee in the National Football League. "

[Edited on September 10, 2007 at 8:31 AM. Reason : pic]

9/10/2007 8:29:08 AM

ha...i went to school with his nephew when i lived in az.

more people knew him as "ed hoculi's nephew" than his real name.

9/10/2007 12:23:07 PM

On a some what related, but completely unrelated topic, Gerry Austin is from Oak Ridge, NC. He used to wear his NFL blazer to church when he had off weeks during the season.

9/10/2007 1:47:38 PM

ahahahaha

"there was no hold...the defender was just over-powered"

9/16/2007 9:21:31 PM

isn't this two sunday night game in a row for him?

He should be the de facto SNF referee

It's not like anybody turns the game on and is like "Aw shit, I hate this ref"

9/16/2007 9:24:52 PM

is mark carry (sp) still reffing..havent seen him yet this season

he always explained shit for like 4 minutes

9/16/2007 9:27:35 PM

^^^best ref comment I've heard in a while.

9/16/2007 9:37:59 PM

Mike Carey

Black dude with the stache

Yeah I saw him earlier today on one of the 4 PM games

He was explaining a penalty so I went to piss

Cam eback and he was still talking

9/16/2007 9:41:55 PM

i want to see him and hochuli have a ref-off

put them in a simulator and show strange-ass plays and let them try to explain the ruling they come up with

oh and cam eback together

[Edited on September 16, 2007 at 9:43 PM. Reason : ]

9/16/2007 9:43:12 PM

and have the ref who said "he was giving him the business" during a penalty call

9/16/2007 9:44:35 PM

THE PATRIOTS ARE ALREADY PLAYING WELL

YOU DON"T HAVE TO HELP THEM OUT WITH YOU BULLSHIT CALLS ED

9/16/2007 9:49:28 PM

1) Crack blocks are pretty common, but i think that was already decided way ^ there.

2) The defender was just overpowered???? HAHA, way to call out an NFL player on national TV

9/16/2007 10:26:00 PM

aahahahahahah, he just gave a lecture

9/16/2007 10:46:23 PM

ahaha the best ref call i've ever heard was a roughing call explained as an "illegal hit upside the head"

lawled for a minute on that one

9/16/2007 10:46:47 PM

illegal owning of homeboy

9/16/2007 10:47:50 PM

I wonder if a ref could be busted for hgh.

9/16/2007 10:51:02 PM

On the ESPN this morning, on the "Mayne Event" segment- they made fun of Ed Hoculi.... saying he flexes every time he makes a call and he elects to wear tight shirts.

9/16/2007 11:52:37 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zkom-6wMnw

best call ever

9/17/2007 12:54:34 AM

There was no holding. The defender was just overpowered.

FTW!

9/17/2007 9:18:37 AM

That's Ed "Guns" Hochuli for you. Dude is the man.

9/17/2007 11:21:04 AM

more like Ed Hercules

9/17/2007 2:08:05 PM

where's Ed when you need him?

the officiating in this Cowboys/Bears game has been horrible

9/23/2007 9:50:40 PM

Fuck that ref

at least 2 secs for a FG or Hail Mary

9/23/2007 9:52:15 PM

He did the seahawks-cincy game earlier today, if i am not mistaken

9/23/2007 10:13:54 PM