Scouting Officials - #63 Bill Carollo 2009 AFCCG Official

One of the more decorated active officials, Bill Carollo has worked two Super Bowls (XXX - back judge, XXXVII - referee) and five conference Championship Games ('95, '97, '99, '00, '05).

In addition to being an NFL white cap, Carollo is a former Official Scorer for the Milwaukee Brewers.  He also worked the 1988 Rose Bowl, and is currently the director of officials for the Big Ten Conference.

In the 1999 NFC Conference Championship Game between Tampa Bay and St. Louis, Bill Carollo overturned a catch by Bert Emmanuel.  This overturned call led to the rule changing that the football could touch the ground as long as the receiver maintained control.

2008 stats through Week 15:

Penalties Accepted per game - 10.3    13 out of 17

Penalty Yards per game - 78    15 out of 17

Yards per penalty - 7.6    almost all officials are around 8

Total Points per game - 40.2    16 out of 17

Home Team winning Percentage - 43 % !!!!!!!!   TIED FOR 16TH

2008 notable games:

Week 5 - TEN at BAL

Week 6 - JAC at DEN (Dre Bly fined $20,000 for comments on Carollo's crew for Illegal Contact and Pass Interference calls)

Week 8 - NYG at PIT

Week 9 - NE at IND

Inside TEN at BAL:

TEN got 2 FD via penalty and BAL 3 FD via penalty

Penalties - TEN 10-78....BAL 11-91

6 Personal Fouls or Unnecessary Roughness Penalties

Inside NYG at PIT:

One penalty each for a First Down

Penalties - NYG 7-71....PIT 8-59

5 Personal Fouls or Unnecessary Roughness Penalties

Inside NE at IND

Three total penalties in the game...BTW I refuse to believe that there were only 3 penalties commited in this game.  I think this shows the perception of teams in the league.

But as you can see, it looks like Bill Carollo and crew have an itching trigger finger when it comes to the 15 yard flags.  Something to be mindful of.

Also I'm not sure if he has worked any of the Steelers Championship Games, I couldn't find that information.

Go Steelers!