Ed Hochuli messed up…
I never knew his name was really Ed Hochuli. I knew him as ‘muscly ref’. My whole family has called him ‘muscly ref’ for years now. Have you ever watched him and noticed that he doesn’t fully extend his arms when signalling a first down? He’s a muscle bound ref freak of nature and I’ve loved him for it.
I’m not a Bronco fan and I was really screaming at the tv when Ed Hochuli called Jay Cutler’s fumble a pass the other day because I knew it would mean the Broncos would score and win the game and that’s what happened. However made I may have been at ‘muscly ref’, i couldn’t stay mad at him. He does a great job and usually calls a great game. I know of refs that when i see them I question their crew but with ‘muscly ref’ he doesn’t screw up much. Sure he bothched this one and really put the Chargers in a hole, but it wasn’t Ed’s fault that let the Broncos put up 30 points before that. I’ve blamed refs for all sorts of losses in my day and I still think that Sean Higgins pushed off in the 1989 final four that put Michigan over Illinois and I blame the ref for that, but this game was lost because of the Chargers defense and Norv Turners inability of being a real winning coach despite all the pub that says he can.
