Twitter: Ed Hochuli retiring from NFL

[Diehardblues]

People don't like Ed Hochuli?

I know. One of my favorites. His son is also a NFL official .

 

[Juggernaut]

 

[WoodysGirl]

I know. One of my favorites. His son is also a NFL official .

He doesn't have the gunz of his father.

 

[Idgit]

None of the officials are liked. Officiating is the most thankless job in all of sports.

I better not catch anybody 'giving Ed Hochuli the business.'

 

[Idgit]

He doesn't have the gunz of his father.

Yet.

 

[KJJ]

I better not catch anybody 'giving Ed Hochuli the business.'

Nobody dares give Hochuli the business he has a set of guns that are loaded.

 

[Diehardblues]

He doesn't have the gunz of his father.

I haven’t seen his son. That's not something usually physically genetically passed down. Of course Ed was a linebacker at UTEP.

 

[Diehardblues]

One of Hochili’s most memorable Cowboy games was the 1993 Thanksgiving game in the snow against Miami.

The one where Leon Lett fumbled or touched the block field goal which Miami retained possession then Miami kicked the winning field goal.

 

[nightrain]

Looks like Tarzan sees like Ray

 

[StarOfGlory]

Without Hochuli, some ref will have to step up and start juicing and show off his guns during the game.

 

[Aviano90]

Frees up an opportunity for someone else to be hired and hated by millions of people.

 

[GMO415]

Yawn

 

[SportsGuru80]

See ya!

 

[stilltheguru88]

The criminal is finally retiring. Cool

 

[DakBringMeBack]

Eddie Guns.... another part of childhood gone

 

[Beast_from_East]

Hochuli was overall pretty good, I don't remember too many Cowboy games he did where the officiating was one sided.

He usually tried to even out the penalties, or at least it seemed like that.

I will miss his guns, it was always hilarious watching the games he officiated when his biceps were just as big as the players

 

[Beast_from_East]

Dam, I just looked up his age and he is 67

Dude had to be juicing, almost 70 yrs old and has biceps the size of pythons

 

[Bohuntr97]

He doesn't have the gunz of his father.

I don't care if he's a stork, as long as he can call a clean game which includes an o-line holding call in our favor from time to time.

 

[Hoofbite]

Of greater consequence is that Jeff Triplette is also retiring. That guy was the worst referee in the league by a mile.

I will never forget the Orlando Brown and Triplette incident. From that day, I swear 80% of the horrible calls I watched live or by replay involved Triplette. He didn't even look like he should have been out there. Hunched and timid as all hell. There were times where he didn't even look coordinated enough to carry out the signals of what he was calling.

I assume he's a good person and all, but I'm glad I won't have to watch his horrendous calls ever again. His ruling on the Felix fumble in Green Bay was a real controversy, and he could barely enunciate what that ruling was.

 

[Hoofbite]

"**'er hit the Bowflex"

Easily one of my favorite clips of all time.