NCAA Football, 2016

[CountDeMoney]

Does anyone want to know how my first game of the year went?

I hope you made it to the airport safely.

[Valmy]

  You be sure to let those ACC refs know how pissed off you are at them next time you see them, okay?

They knew what was good for them if they wanted to make it to the airport safely.  What with the holiday and all.

Yeah Texas is not that kind of fanbase. They get drunk and stoned win or lose. If the crew from the Oklahoma State game last year made it home unscathed everybody is safe.

[Valmy]

Does anyone want to know how my first game of the year went?

The crowd gave the refs a standing ovation?

[Berkut]

Yeah, just DIII. I am debating how much longer I want to do it, honestly. Takes a ridiculous amount of time, for basically peanuts.

[Eddie Teach]

But all that POWAH...

[MadBurgerMaker]

"Just" DIII. Shit, being a ref seems like it would be a pretty difficult thing regardless of the level. 

So how was the first game?

[Valmy]

Yeah, just DIII. I am debating how much longer I want to do it, honestly. Takes a ridiculous amount of time, for basically peanuts.

What were your goals when you started doing this?

Anyway how did it go?

[Berkut]

"Just" DIII. Shit, being a ref seems like it would be a pretty difficult thing regardless of the level. 

So how was the first game?

That is just it - it is really damn hard, takes a stupid amount of preparation, and compared to say a D1 FBS game, is at most, marginally less difficult. For which we get paid less than 10% what a D1 official makes, and only slightly more than a high school official makes - less, if you consider the amount we are paid as a function of the time we have to spend.

But hell, it is football, and I love doing it. If it was just the actual 2.5-3 hours of the game, it would be awesome no matter how badly we were paid.

But my first game went really well. In fact, this is the first year since I became a referee that I actually have a real crew, instead of a bunch of newbs and castoffs. The old director of officials was fired, and we didn't get along. The new directory is an NFL guy (Bill Schuster) and he is changing a lot of things, and is much easier to work with, even while he is trying hard to raise the level that is expected from us.

[dps]

I remember a while back you saying that you weren't even sure you were going to continue being an official this year.  Glad to hear that you stuck with it, and that you actually have your own crew this time.

[grumbler]

Arizona looked terrible. The offense, other than Wilson, looks completely out of sync.

Commentators were saying the defense looked pretty good; if you have to have a bad unit, you'd rather it be your offense, because RR is in a position to fix that.

[Berkut]

Arizona looked terrible. The offense, other than Wilson, looks completely out of sync.

Commentators were saying the defense looked pretty good; if you have to have a bad unit, you'd rather it be your offense, because RR is in a position to fix that.

Well....I guess. The defense at Arizona has been so bad for so long, I am not sure I can tell anymore what looks good, and what is just a not very good offense they are up against.

I guess RichRod could fix the offense, but why would it need fixing? It has a returning QB, a solid returning RB, a decent line, and very good receivers. The scheme is supposed to make it all work, and it just looked terrible for the most part.

[derspiess]

Brian Kelly is a piece of shit.

But we knew that when he got that kid killed.

[derspiess]

Glad I came back to this thread to see Seedy losing his shit

[CountDeMoney]

   It just wouldn't be college football season without it.

[PDH]

I'm still pleased with Wyoming's undefeated season.