Zebra Watch #11
Everybody around the league is still trying to figure out how Scott Green and his crew got the end of the Steelers-Chargers game screwed up even with the help of instant replay.
Beyond their bad call in that case there remains this question: how could Green and his group call one team for 13 penalties and their opponent for two penalties in a game that was decided by one-point and was close throughout the entire 60 minutes?
Again, the guys in the striped shirts are human, but that type of disparity does not make sense.
Something like that stands out even more in a season where the league crews have become more consistent. For the first time this year, the difference between the most active crew in the league and the least flag happy bunch is less than five penalties per game. Walt Coleman’s crew is walking off on average 9.8 penalties per game. The three crews of Ron Winter/Jeff Triplette/Jerome Boger are doing 14.2 penalties per game.
Here are the numbers:
WEEK #11
| Â Rank | Â Referee | Penalties- Yards |
Declined/ Offsetting |
 Home |  Visitors |
| 1. | Jerome Boger |
5-45 |
2 |
2-15 |
3-30 |
| 2. | Jeff Triplette |
7-50 |
1 |
2-10 |
5-40 |
| 3. | John Parry |
8-48 |
0 |
6-40 |
2-8 |
| Â | Bill Leavy |
8-69 |
3 |
7-55 |
1-14 |
| 5. | Carl Cheffers |
9-68 |
0 |
6-45 |
3-23 |
| Â | Gene Steratore |
9-54 |
4 |
5-29 |
4-25 |
| Â | Bill Carollo |
9-67 |
0 |
1-15 |
8-52 |
| 8. | Ed Hochuli |
10-90 |
1 |
3-55 |
7-35 |
| Â | Mike Carey |
10-82 |
1 |
5-54 |
5-28 |
| 10. | Pete Morelli |
11-72 |
1 |
5-36 |
6-36 |
| 11. | Tony Corrente |
12-95 |
0 |
4-35 |
8-60 |
| 12. | Al Riveron |
13-85 |
0 |
7-33 |
6-52 |
| 13. | Walt Anderson |
14-120 |
4 |
6-55 |
8-65 |
| 14 | Scott Green |
15-120 |
3 |
13-115 |
2-5 |
| 15. | Ron Winter |
16-131 |
0 |
6-65 |
10-66 |
| 16. | Walt Coleman |
19-124 |
1 |
9-61 |
10-63 |
Home/Away numbers in red for winning team
2008 OVERALL
| Â Rank | Â Referee | Â Games | Avg. Flags |
Penalties- Yards |
 Home |  Visitors |
| 1. | Walt Coleman |
10 |
9.8 |
98-741 |
38 |
60 |
| 2. | Carl Cheffers |
9 |
10 |
90-751 |
53 |
37 |
| Â | Gene Steratore |
10 |
10 |
100-761 |
43 |
57 |
| 4. | Bill Leavy |
9 |
10.2 |
92-770 |
45 |
47 |
| 5. | Mike Carey |
8 |
10.3 |
82-696 |
46 |
36 |
| 6. | Pete Morelli |
9 |
10.8 |
97-642 |
45 |
52 |
| 7. | Scott Green |
9 |
11.2 |
101-726 |
53 |
48 |
 |
Bill Carollo |
10 |
11.2 |
112-867 |
50 |
62 |
| 9. | Al Riveron |
10 |
11.7 |
117-1080 |
63 |
54 |
| Â | Terry McAulay |
9 |
11.7 |
105-911 |
56 |
49 |
| 11. | John Parry |
9 |
11.8 |
106-791 |
54 |
52 |
| 12. | Ed Hochuli |
9 |
12.2 |
110-1011 |
52 |
58 |
| 13. | Walt Anderson |
9 |
13.1 |
118-909 |
54 |
64 |
| 14. | Tony Corrente |
10 |
13.5 |
135-1228 |
66 |
69 |
| 15. | Ron Winter |
10 |
14.2 |
142-1156 |
72 |
70 |
| Â | Jeff Triplette |
9 |
14.2 |
128-984 |
67 |
61 |
| Â | Jerome Boger |
10 |
14.2 |
142-1066 |
80 |
62 |
zebras having bad year poor poor officiating this year to many game changing calls with no foul
poor poor officiating this year wow