Ed Hochuli Email
Ed Hochuli, in his 19th year as a referee, blew the whistle that was heard ’round the NFL in a call that cost the San Diego Chargers a victory against the Denver Broncos.
The call was botched when Bronco’s QB Jay Cutler had the ball slip off his hand in San Diego territory, bouncing off the grass and into the arms of San Diego linebacker Tim Dobbins. Hochuli ruled it an incomplete pass instead of a fumble, allowing the Broncos to keep the ball and then score the winning points.
Hochuli has since been flooded with hate email and has issued a response:
I’m getting hundreds of emails – hate mail – but I’m responding to it all. People deserve a response.
You can rest assured that nothing anyone can say can make me feel worse than I already feel about my mistake on the fumble play. You have no idea . . .
Affecting the outcome of a game is a devastating feeling. Officials strive for perfection – I failed miserably. Although it does no good to say it, I am very, very sorry.
Ed Hochuli
The NFL Referees Association is standing behind Hochuli. “No one feels worse about this than Ed, but like the coaches and players in our high-speed game, mistakes will occur,” NFLRA executive director Tim Millis said in a statement.
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Right away you will look at this and say,
Which whether or weather is meant today?
No doubt the storm comes into play,
So which one will be taken away?
Oh yes, a weather storm there will be,
It’s just not known of what intensity,
Whether or not you handle it correctly,
Determines if there’s another two or three.
Don’t ask why me, saying Lord I didn’t do it?
That’s not what a weather storm is for,
It’s whether or not you handle it right,
That decides if God will give you more.
No matter how deep the valley or long a darkened path,
When the devil shoots a negative thought, all you do is laugh,
Weather has seasons each one is designed to make you grow,
Showing whether you know it or not that our Father is in control.
Do not allow the negative nay-sayer to burst your positive bubble,
The Lord Thy God will never send you down a path filled with trouble,
We sometimes however receive various trials, tribulations and storms,
Remember, these will only temporarily set us apart from the norm.
More and more as you read the Word, better and better you’ll begin to feel,
Doctor’s will call it “a temporary state of mind, ” understand that it is real,
No longer affected by the many negative MRI’s or diagnosis received,
The only thing that really matters is you trust in God and believe.
Would you study a math book for an English or history exam?
Why let someone else predict your future in the Master’s plan?
It was twenty-five years for the promise our Abraham had to wait,
And this was for the man who is known as the true father of faith.
Even if progress is slow and after years there’s only a little bit,
Just think about where advancement would be if you gave up and quit?
Moses lived in the wilderness for a period of forty years,
The bible teaches with faith in God, there is no spirit of fear.
This stanza is for your eyes only Mr. Ed Hochuli,
Because you are truly an elite NFL referee,
There is one mistake because you’ve dropped a ball,
Just look at the thousands of times you made the right call.
However impossible it seems, whatever lie or something that is true,
Like David in the valley, the key word is you’re going “through,”
The person you are can only be ripped and torn,
Whether Or Not You Weather The Storm.
Poems By Luke Easter
ED , ONE OF MY HEROS WHO GOES OUT EVERY WEEK AND WORKS HIS TAIL OFF. PEOPLE WHO DONT HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT WE DO ALL YEAR AROUND TO PREPARE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, I ALWAYS SAID NO ONE EVER HAS TO TELL US WE MISSED ONE. PLEASE SHOW ME HOW STRONG YOU ARE GET OUT THERE AND BE THE MAN I KNOW YOU ARE,ALWAYS A FRIEND IN OFFICIATING JOHN RUGGIERI CONNELLSVILLE PA
Thanks for printing that FANTASTIC email from Luke Easter. He writes so well!!
Doug K