NFL back judge #59 Phil Luckett is the incompetent zebra who made an ass out of himself on national television during the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers Thanksgiving Day game in 1998.

Lined up for the overtime coin toss, Steelers captain and running back, Jerome Bettis was hooked up to an audio sound system and called “tails”.

Everybody at the stadium and at home heard Bettis’ call over the audio; everyone except for the dumb f**k who flipped the coin.

After Bettis called “tails”, the coin landed tails up, Luckett said, “Heads is the call; he said heads. It’s a tails.”

Bettis was shocked and yelled:

“I called tails!”

Luckett responded:

“No you didn’t”

Then the ref awarded the ball to the Lions.

The Steelers were up in arms, Luckett pushed them away and the rest is history. The Lions drove down the field on their first possession, Jason Hanson booted a 43 yard game-winner and Luckett would go on to add a laundry list of officiating blunders during his NFL career.

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