Walt Anderson to be Referee on Saturday

[bavanlan]

https://twitter.com/bavanlan/status/418781791332220928

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/officials/AndeWa0r.htm

[PeterBowman]

at least it's not Walt Coleman or Triplette

[Andy]

Anderson has tons of experience in the playoff as well as a couple of SB.

 

I'm pretty happy. 

[WastedColt]

He hasn't made any headlines, which is hugely positive for a ref. I can't complain

[chad72]

I like it .

[imacoltfan]

As long as it's not Ron Winter or Gene Steratore.

[PeterBowman]

As long as it's not Ron Winter or Gene Steratore.

oh yeah, Ron's a notorious Colts killer

[lollygagger8]

Thank God it's not Tripellete!!! 

[mtlcolt]

Too bad it's not Triplett, he's one of the better refs out there ;) He's especially sharp when reviewing calls.

[adamthyst]

Thank you for not being Jeff Tripplette!

[Caleb3502]

Too bad it's not Triplett, he's one of the better refs out there ;) He's especially sharp when reviewing calls.

He's especially good at 4th and Goal on the 1-yard line reviews

[coltsfanmilyman]

https://twitter.com/bavanlan/status/418781791332220928

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/officials/AndeWa0r.htm

Hey I commented on that tweet.  Matter of fact i'm first on the list woot woot

[pgt_rob]

No Jeff Tripplette!

[Superman]

I'm not familiar with Walt Anderson. This is a good thing.

 

His crew seems to call a lot of penalties, but they also seem to ref a lot of games for notoriously undisciplined teams (Raiders, Cowboys, Jets, etc.)

[Smonroe]

Thank God it's not Tripellete!!!

How does Tripplette even get a playoff game? He has the Cincy game.

If his crew did better than those that didn't get a game, it says a lot about the officiating in the NFL.

[Blueblazes]

How does Tripplette even get a playoff game? He has the Cincy game.

If his crew did better than those that didn't get a game, it says a lot about the officiating in the NFL.

Exactly. How bad do you have to be to not get a playoff game assignment??

[Smonroe]

Exactly. How bad do you have to be to not get a playoff game assignment??

I just read an article that asked how Tripplette got a game. They cited two other incidents besides what he did to us.

They didn't have an answer either.

[Coltswarriors]

As long as it's not Ron Winter or Jeff Triplette I'm good.

 

Both are embarrassing to the league.

[DarkHorseColts]

I was hoping for Ed Hercules.

 

Walt ain't too shabby though.

[PrincetonTiger]

Not bad

[Tark The Shark]

The name rings a bell, but I can't put a name to a face.

 

Hopefully he is better than what we have had.

[JoKeR]

No Trips!

[cmgww]

Grady and Big Joe had a stat this morning that said Walt Coleman's crew called 39% fewer penalties on the home team (on average) this season vs the visiting team. They were laughing about "who comes up with that stat?" But it is a good point of discussion. Sounds like Coleman might be more influenced by the home crowd....which is good for us.

As for Triplette, looks like Cincy has the win in the bag, lol. A lot of Charger fans aren't too happy about it. I really can't see how his crew graded out high enough to get a playoff game. According to the Grady show, the top 11 crews get playoff assignments, out of 18 crews (16 for regular season games and 2 floating crews in case a ref/official gets sick or can't officiate a game). With Triplette's huge mistakes this season, I am at a loss....

[Douzer]

I don't trust any crew...  zebras with questionable associations abound.

[ricker182]

Grady and Big Joe had a stat this morning that said Walt Coleman's crew called 39% fewer penalties on the home team (on average) this season vs the visiting team. They were laughing about "who comes up with that stat?" But it is a good point of discussion. Sounds like Coleman might be more influenced by the home crowd....which is good for us

I don't like this. I just want a fair game from the refs. I never want to win or lose because of a bad call.

[Jules]

Grady and Big Joe had a stat this morning that said Walt Coleman's crew called 39% fewer penalties on the home team (on average) this season vs the visiting team. They were laughing about "who comes up with that stat?" But it is a good point of discussion. Sounds like Coleman might be more influenced by the home crowd....which is good for us.

As for Triplette, looks like Cincy has the win in the bag, lol. A lot of Charger fans aren't too happy about it. I really can't see how his crew graded out high enough to get a playoff game. According to the Grady show, the top 11 crews get playoff assignments, out of 18 crews (16 for regular season games and 2 floating crews in case a ref/official gets sick or can't officiate a game). With Triplette's huge mistakes this season, I am at a loss....

 

It's true, under Anderson:

 

39.5% of calls against Home team in 2013

60% win percentage for Home team in 2013

 

[bavanlan]

Grady and Big Joe had a stat this morning that said Walt Coleman's crew called 39% fewer penalties on the home team (on average) this season vs the visiting team. They were laughing about "who comes up with that stat?" 

 

Me again.

 

[colts_100nascar17fan]

Ed Hochuli,Mike Carey,Tony Corrente,Clete Blakeman,Bill Leavy,Jon Perry,Carl Cheffers,Gene Steratore are the good refs in the nfl! The others need to be replaced in my opinion.

[imacoltfan]

oh yeah, Ron's a notorious Colts killer

He gave the Chargers 3 first downs in OT in our playoff loss, and earlier in the season penalized the Colts to the moon against GB. And we were the least penalized team in the league.

[GOCOLTS_ROLLTIDE]

How does Tripplette even get a playoff game? He has the Cincy game.

If his crew did better than those that didn't get a game, it says a lot about the officiating in the NFL.

considering the game he called against us. ... wouldn't be shocked if Paul Brown didn't pay for b him to call this game

[jwilli69]

How does Tripplette even get a playoff game? He has the Cincy game.

If his crew did better than those that didn't get a game, it says a lot about the officiating in the NFL.

The union went to bat for him.

[Smonroe]

The union went to bat for him.

I read two other articles questioning how he got a playoff game.

It has to be because his crew scored better than those that didn't get playoffs.

I'd love to know how they grade them. I'd hope that when you make a game changing egregious error, especially during replay, you'd get an automatic F for that game. Apparently not.