Welmer's on...time to drink..

[Nevadaref]

Welmer had the game @ Texas last night, so my buddy and I bet that he would have Memphis @ UTEP tonight.
Yep, we were right.

[TRef21]

Guys It seems likes it Welmers year for the final four.

[Nevadaref]

Welmer does about 110 D1 games every year. He seems to have a contract with ESPN, not with the conferences.
This year is no different for him than any other in recent times.
It is still doubtful that he will work the Final Four.

[Adam]

I wouldn't have recognized him if it wasn't for you guys talking about the pants. My daughter wondered what I was laughing at.

BTW, I learned from watching that game that Doug Gottlieb is as big an idiot calling a game for TV as he is on his radio show. I knew he was a moron when he made a comment on his radio show about how he agreed with Jay Bilas on an issue, "and I'm pretty much on the other side from Bilas on everything."

[Rich]

I saw him on TV every night this week.

I was watching the ESPN highlights of the game Welmer worked earlier this week. They showed five clips from the game, and Welmer pulled his pants up in all five clips.

Welmer is 6'9". In the 1970's he was a star center for Evansville and he's in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame:

http://www.hoopshall.com/inductees/2005/welmer.html

http://tinyurl.com/yrzmlf

[socalreff]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Welmer does about 110 D1 games every year. He seems to have a contract with ESPN, not with the conferences.
This year is no different for him than any other in recent times.
It is still doubtful that he will work the Final Four.

I heard directly that he was offered 290 games last season and then cherry picks his schedule based on what fits. He travels no more than officials who work 50 or 60 games because he can do 2 or 3 games in a row in different conferences in the same general vicinity. For example: Northwestern on Monday, Depaul on Tuesday, Loyola on Wednesday, Notre Dame on Thursday, Indiana on Friday, Kentucky on Saturday, Cincinatti on Sunday. And he gets mileage from his house on all of 'em. Not his actual schedule but not far from the truth.
It's gotta be real nice to be in his position. I'm sure it makes us all jealous. But he's only home very few days during the season.

Actual partial schedule in February: 7-Illinois, 12-Texas, 13-Texas A+M, 14-Houston, 17-Oklahoma, 18-Minnesota, 21-Baylor, 26-Oklahoma.....

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Welmer does about 110 D1 games every year.

bbstate.com has him at 93 as of last night.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

bbstate.com has him at 93 as of last night.

Isn't there a retirement age?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Isn't there a retirement age?

I don't know. Is there a retirement age for threads? This one was started March 1, 2007.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I don't know. Is there a retirement age for threads? This one was started March 1, 2007.

Some threads are like Ryan Leaf; early retirement.
Some are like Nolan Ryan; long career.
Some are like George Foreman.