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Ed Hochuli’s Whistle Continues Its Rampage

Sep 28, 2008, 6:30 PM UTC

â†µLooks like Ed Hochuli will again come under fire for a bad call. Hochuli voided a â†µPanthers INT return TD by calling a roughing the â†µpasser/helmet-to-helmet penalty on Julius Peppers on the â†µplay. Replays show Peppers went in with the elbow. Carolina â†µstill leads 14-9 at home over the â†µFalcons, so this flub may go quietly into the â†µnight.
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â†µElsewhere ...
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â†µ* N.O.‘s Lance Moore can catch the ball -- he has two â†µSaints TDs and 85 yards as New Orleans leads the Niners 21-6. But the â†µdude is a pitiful celebrator. His dance moves after the â†µfirst score belong in a Starsky and Hutch scene; he laid â†µout for a Drew Brees bomb late in the second quarter, and â†µcelebrated by laying spread eagle in the end zone for what â†µseemed like 30 seconds. I like the Saints alright, but I â†µwas begging for a Takeo Spikes leg drop. Poor form by â†µMoore.
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â†µ* Ryan Fitzpatrick, you are no J.T. O’Sullivan! â†µCincinnati’s Gaelic offering -- in place of battered Carson Palmer -- has two rough INTs, â†µthough the Bengals lead 6-3 over the impotent Browns, â†µwho are watching Derek Anderson beg to be replaced.
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â†µ* The Jets are annihilating the Cardinals in Jersey, 31-0, with Brett Favre threatening â†µto strike again before the half. Kurt Warner has two picks â†µand Edgerrin James can’t get going. The Jets are wearing â†µthose hideous blue and gold throwbacks.
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â†µ* In a spot of serious news, TB kicker Matt Bryant has made â†µa go of it ... despite his son dying earlier this week. â†µMatthew Tryson Bryant, three months old, died Wednesday. â†µBryant elected to play, and has an extra point and two â†µfield goals for the Bucs, who lead 13-7 over Green Bay.â†µ