Wearing the white hat for the first time...

[Texas Aggie]

Slow down any penalty enforcement or anything else you need to attend to, but when everything is flowing along, keep it flowing by having a quick ready for play. Games that drag are the ones that end up giving us all problems in one way or another.

Tell the wings or the BJ to always remind you when the clock is hot on the ready for play by twirling his finger or some other similar signal. That way, when you've been thinking about whether the spot was a first down, moving your own down indicator, waiting for the chains to clear, and communicating first down (for example), etc., his help gives you one less thing to worry about. And it will keep him awake! If he handles the ball a lot or if you can't see him, get the LJ to help out.

Finally, work out with the crew in pre-game what exactly they will say when you meet on a foul. Last night, I was blowing a JH game, and we had a holding foul (offense) on a try. The LJ came in and said, "holding, offense, going 5 yards back." Well, its a 10 yarder, but I was concentrating so hard on the signal that I didn't even think about it. I'd rather them tell ME "holding, offense," and then wait for me to confirm the enforcement. You may want something different.

Good luck. You'll do fine.