[Scorpion]

First Shawne Merriman. Then Rodney Harrision and Wade Wilson.

Now this.

According to the Daily News, the NFL has suspended veteran official Ed Hochuli five games for using HGH, a sustance the league has banned but cannot test for.

"If you watched Ed's game this weekend, it was pretty obvious that he's even bigger this year than he was a year ago," Commisioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "There's no way he could have naturally added that much muscle mass at his age."

Records obtained from a pharmacy located in Florida indicate several orders for HGH were placed by an individual identified as "Ad Hoc." The mailing address on those shipments belongs to Hochuli's law firm in Phoenix.

Hochuli, 55, was not immediately available for comment. However, a spokesman for league officials said that Hochuli has been warned repeatedly that his biceps look bigger than T.O.'s in high definition.

Players representative Gene Upshaw added, "I've been receiving complaints from players for years. When a referee makes them feel inadequate by flexing in front of a national audience, the players have no choice but to use performance enhancing drugs to level the playing field."

[pokernut9999]

Too damn funny !!!!

[Scorpion]

Never Flagging
At 55 veteran official Ed Hochuli is so fit he could get away with horizontal stripes


NFL Referee Ed Hochuli.
Nick Cardillicchio


By Amanda Cherrin

Ed Hochuli is one of the most respected officials in the NFL, and not just because he has been in the league for 16 years and worked 15 playoff games and two Super Bowls. "You look at him and it looks like he needs to be on our side of the ball, or on defense," says Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. "He stands on the sidelines looking like one of the linebackers." The 6'1", 215-pound Hochuli was a linebacker, at UTEP from 1969 to '72, before beginning a career in law. (The married father of six is a partner in a Phoenix firm that specializes in civil litigation.) "I never had a great deal of athletic talent, but I worked hard at it," says Hochuli. "The NFL was not an option. I'm small and I'm slow." He is also very fit. Hochuli, who officiated college games for years before joining the NFL, has run 12 marathons. Though he's given up long-distance running because he found it too time consuming, he still does an hour of cardiovascular training (usually on a stair machine or treadmill) each day. Four days a week he lifts weights as well. "It's something I need to do as a release," Hochuli says. "Something that gets me through the day." Here's his routine.

ED'S EATS
For breakfast I'll have instant oatmeal and then as a mid-morning snack, a banana. Lunch will be chicken salad or canned chicken and instant rice, and for dinner, three nights a week I have sushi. I love sushi. Three nights a week I have chicken noodle soup -- I eat a lot of chicken because it's protein without too many calories. The soup is my own recipe, something I made up over the years. Once a week I'll have a big salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and broccoli.

I don't eat red meat, but I love snack food. I'll have Cheetos when I'm feeling sorry for myself. Cheetos and chocolate kisses are my weakness. The only supplement I take is whey protein. I have a protein drink with about 40 grams of protein, almost every day. On lifting days, I might have two.

MONDAY Chest
Barbell flat bench

• Three sets of 10 reps at 225 pounds or "pyramid" sets of 12 reps (185 pounds); 10 (205); eight (215); six (225); 12 (185)

• Ten sets of 10 at 205 pounds

Dumbbell flat bench

• Three sets of 10 reps, at 90 pounds each arm, or five sets of 12 (80 pounds); 10 (85); eight (90); six (95); 12 (75). "Then I'll do a burnout set [to failure] of incline flies" (35-pound dumbbells)

Incline press

• Three sets of 10 reps (165-pound bar or 75-pound dumbbell)

• Dumbbell sets of 12 reps (70 pounds); 10 (75); eight (80); six (15); 12 (65)

Flies (cable machine)

• Three to five sets of 10 reps, facing machine pulling across his body at chest height. At number 9.

• Three to five sets of 10 reps pulling down from shoulder to his waist. At number 7.

Decline bench (dumbbells)

• Three sets of 10 (55 pounds)

"I end on the bench or incline-bench machine and do two burnout sets of 15-20 reps at 135 pounds"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...116/index.html

[Illusion]

Not surprising at all. He seems to get bigger every year. You would think a lawyer would know better, lol.

[DrSlamm]

this is a joke right

[bigboydan]

Too damn funny !!!!

I concur sir. This is becoming comical now.

[SBR Lou]

Roger Goodell is a strange man. This guy would issue a suspension for jay walking. He was recently interviewed and reflected on how his father was a US Senator, and that his father was the first to criticize the President about the war. His father's political career was over shortly thereafter. He hangs the speech inside his office to remind himself to do the right thing at any cost. This guys ass is tight enough to secure sensitive data.

[Seattle Slew]

This is a hoax. No way Goddell would make comments like that. Nice try.

[rugbybdyb]

hillarious

[nc9er]

Roger Goodell is a strange man. This guy would issue a suspension for jay walking. He was recently interviewed and reflected on how his father was a US Senator, and that his father was the first to criticize the President about the war. His father's political career was over shortly thereafter. He hangs the speech inside his office to remind himself to do the right thing at any cost. This guys ass is tight enough to secure sensitive data.

What's even more hilarious is that you guys take this seriously...can you not interpret a little sarcasm?? AT LEAST the last two paragraphs should have given that away.

Very funny though! props to "Scorpion"

[fiveteamer]

I was on Chargers ML, but I'm not mad.

That is gambling.

[darrell74]

Almost believeable. But when you brought in Gene Upshaw, who is now dead, that is when we understood it to be a joke.

[LT Profits]

LOL

And even if it was true, so what? HGH is banned for PLAYERS, what difference does it make if refs use it

[treece]

hmm this was bumped from last year by the rookie

Ghost Alert!!!

[Kingctb27]

Good job by goddell for once

[goldengoat]

ed seems to be wearing tighter shirts this year

i saw him last weekend and was like wtf is up with that shirt

dude needs to get over himself with those shirts. looks retarded