Did Officiating Sway the Outcome of Super Bowl XLIII?

[Buck]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Heh...check out Mike Pereira's wikipedia article before it's too late. The last bullet is the most interesting.

How bout a link, n00b?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pereira

Notable accomplishments

* Created playoff officiating assignments based on cohesive crews who spent the season together instead of those who were rated the highest at their positions [3].

* Instrumental in having down-by-contact calls reviewed by instant replay beginning with the 2006 NFL season to determine if a player fumbled the ball before he was down, and who recovered it. Previously, these plays could not be reversed once officials blew the whistle.

* Assisted in the redesign of officiating uniforms worn with the start of the 2006 NFL season which are supposed to be more comfortable for officials to wear in extreme weather over the old polyester uniforms. The uniforms were designed by Reebok using Play Dry material technology to keep officials both warm and dry during the winter months of the season. On the shirt, the position and number are removed from the front pocket and the lettering and numbers on the back side are black-on-white and are smaller print and the sleeve shows the uniform number. Officials will also wear full-length black pants with white stripe during the winter months to stay warm. This was the first major design overhaul since 1979, when the position name was added to the shirt, but later abbreviated in 1982.

* Blind as a bat. Tried to justify the horrific officiating of Super Bowl XLIII by stating that the incomplete pass by Kurt Warner with five seconds left was a fumble as ruled on the field.