Nov 29 2005
Phil Luckett strikes again
The NFL has come forward and admitted to Mike Holmgren and the Seattle Seahawks that referee Larry Nemmers may have made mistakes in that Seahawks-Giants game. It seems that Jeremy Shockey’s 2nd quarter TD, in which he was knocked loopy as his second foot was coming down, and Amani Toomer’s 4th quarter back-of-the-end-zone grab may not have been completed passes after all.
Check the game book. The back judge on Nemmers’ officiating crew was — I kid you not — Phil Luckett.
You remember Phil Luckett, right? He was the former referee who, back on that fateful Thanksgiving Day in 1998, couldn’t make heads or tails of what Jerome Bettis was saying. The NFL had to rewrite its coin flip procedure because Phil Luckett couldn’t get it right. He’s been busted down to back judge since then, and he hasn’t gotten any less controversial.
So of course, it’s just coincidence that Luckett’s mere presence resulted in not one, but two highly questionable touchdown calls in the same game, calls that resulted in a 21-21 tie, which was the prelude Jay Feely’s monster choke job. If Shockey’s TD is overturned — and admittedly, the Fox cameramen did an equally crappy job capturing Shockey’s feet on that catch — Feely kicks a 25-yard gimme, the score is 7-6, Seahawks, instead of 10-7, Giants, and the game is completely different and much less controversial after that.
Try to imagine what Feely might be thinking after hearing this. If not for Luckett’s general incompetence, Feely never would have had the opportunity to attempt (and miss) three long game-winning field goals.
Seriously, how does that travesty keep a job as an NFL official? Shouldn’t he be banished to AF2 or the United Indoor Football League or something?
3 Responses to “Phil Luckett strikes again”
You’re forgetting that Luckett was also the Panthers’ best defensive back in 2001.
http://www.provencehome.org/refsuck/pages/history.html
Search on his name.
Whadda maroon.
OK people, I have a couple of questions for you regarding the infamous T.O. 1)Did McNabb choke in the Super Bowl? 2)Would Brett Favre have hurled in the huddle in the Super Bowl? 3)Does McNabb seem unable to handle pressure situations when the game is on the line? 4)Should the Eagles organization have recognized T.O.’s 100th career touch down as would any other organization would have? 5)Would the Eagles have a better record if Brett Favre was their quarterback? If you have answered YES to all of the above, then it’s official. You’re all HIPPOCRITS!! Of course you don’t bash your team mates in the media but the ultimate answer here is that T.O. was RIGHT! And the Eagles organization SUCKS. Also do you realize that T.O. is the 15th highest paid receiver in the NFL? I am certain that there are 14 better receivers out there right?
So lets get off the T.O. bashing for a minute and look at an organization that is PAYING now for it’s stupidity in not PAYING T.O. in the beginning.
Yours truly,
“Giants Underwaering” Clarence
Luckett was right on T-day in ‘98. You’re making a fool of yourself by arguing something even Jerome Bettis doesn’t dispute anymore. The call was “hea-tails” and the FIRST choice was what was accepted — which was correct by rule.
By the way: how many NFL games have you officiated? How many games at ANY level have you worked? Why don’t you get out there and show Luckett how its done?