Nice article about Championship Game officials

[DesertZebra]

ESPN the magazine had a nice article online that followed the officials for last night's chapionship game. Article included the preparations they took days in advance, to halftime adjustments. All in all, I think they did a nice job. Was hoping for "giving him the business" moment though.

A Day With The BCS Refs - ESPN The Magazine

[BigGref]

another good article about football officials. It came out surprisingly quick though. i only saw the second half, and that was a well officiated half, yeah you got to throw the USC when Tebow does right in someones face.

[BktBallRef]

Cherry's not my favorite ACC referee but the crew did a great job IMO.

[jaybird]

It is always good to read a positive story about sports officials but we must understand the the writer, Ryan McGee, is somewhat biased as the retiring official, field judge Jerry McGee, is his father. He pretty well sugar-coated the story about the crew who, at best, had an average game.

[BktBallRef]

What exactly was average about it?

[jaybird]

A few items of note:

The R signals were sloppy, announcements were horrible and he had a "deer in the headlights" look.

The H had his penalty flag hanging out of his back pocket.

At least once, a deep guy froze and then got beat deep.

The crew missed 2 DPI and one very blatant PF as a DB targeted, launched and made contact with his helmet.

Adding to this perception was the timing problems in the 1st half.

I just didn't believe that this crew looked near as sharpe and professional as several other crews during the bowl season.