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Some Hollywood Interpretations — Part I
Plays from "The Replacements"
By Darin Hayes
November 27th, 2009

Thanksgiving for most of us means there will be a lot of football to watch but not much to call. Even so, it's never too early to start preparing for the upcoming season. One way to do that, believe it or not, is by watching movies about football. At the same time, we can have a little fun.

Hollywood takes things to the extremes quite often, and they may be very inaccurate in doing so. Let's combine our movie watching with some very early, preseason preparation by following along as Darin Hayes examines plays from football-related movies.

If the play happened in your game on Friday night, you would....

Go inside to see if you agree with Darin.

I Wish That...
By Carl Childress
November 26th, 2009

In discussions last week, we at Officiating.com decided that we needed a specific Thanksgiving Day article, something that would inspire, elevate, and illuminate you, our readers. We settled for a wish list provided by our editor.

You'll find out what he wants for Turkey Day, other than a Cowboys' victory, by following the usual procedure.

He wanted us to say this is the first article he's ever written dealing with the f-word.

Disputed Calls - Steelers only — Part IX
Locklear's called lock hold
By Darin Hayes
November 20th, 2009

The so-called "questionable" calls from Super Bowl XL still loom in the back of many people's minds. Contributing writer Darin Hayes will try to bring closure on these issues.

Please join him as he examines the fifth of six controversial calls from that Super Bowl game. And remember always that Darin's middle name is Steelers.

Onside Kicks
By Lee Jones
November 19th, 2009

Probably the least exercised, but possibly the most critical aspect of the kicking game is the onside kick. I say the most critical because it normally occurs late in the game when a team desperately needs the ball back to have a chance to win.
A Letter to Coaches — Part I
By John Milstead
November 18th, 2009

John Milstead is Officiating.com's senior contributor for football. Here he sends us a two-part discussion of how coaches can help officials do a better job. John writes:

The contentiousness, animosity, sarcasm, insults, intimidation and abusive language have to stop. It dishonors sports and teaches the wrong lessons. It also costs us our newest members and our best source of new officials — your former players.

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