Little Caesars Bowl: Marshall vs. Ohio

[Sonofanump]

Originally Posted by jjrye22

...but are there REALLY enough qualified and motivated people out their willing to spend the time and effort to be high quality officials?

I just want to make sure that we are talking about the same thing. This is NCAA. The competition to get into (D3, NAIA) is pretty tough. The competition to move up to where she is at (small D1) is insaine. This is her 9the year on the field total. Not too many officials are working D1 bowl games by their 9th year. Is she good? Yes. Is she being promoted? Yes. I imagine that she is seeing similar treatment that someone with the last name of Perry or Houculi is seeing. The name can get you there, but your ability allows you to stay.

Originally Posted by jjrye22

Seems to me there are questions and lists every year looking for ideas to recruit and retain officials, and a lot of states are scaling back how many they put on the field.

I think this is at the high school level, at least all the one's I've seen are.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Sonofanump

I just want to make sure that we are talking about the same thing. This is NCAA. The competition to get into (D3, NAIA) is pretty tough. The competition to move up to where she is at (small D1) is insaine. This is her 9the year on the field total. Not too many officials are working D1 bowl games by their 9th year. Is she good? Yes. Is she being promoted? Yes. I imagine that she is seeing similar treatment that someone with the last name of Perry or Houculi is seeing. The name can get you there, but your ability allows you to stay.



I think this is at the high school level, at least all the one's I've seen are.

She did do 10 years at other levels before moving up, though -- right?

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

She did do 10 years at other levels before moving up, though -- right?

She's in her 10th year now I believe. If she's working a bowl game this year, this wasn't her first year of college football. She has definitely moved up faster than most and I'm sure the fact that's she's a female helped her. But if she's qualified (and she appears to be), I don't fault her for taking advantage of the situation. I know an official who moved from D3 to the NFL in 5 years. Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time and get seen by the right person.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bisonlj

She's in her 10th year now I believe. If she's working a bowl game this year, this wasn't her first year of college football. She has definitely moved up faster than most and I'm sure the fact that's she's a female helped her. But if she's qualified (and she appears to be), I don't fault her for taking advantage of the situation. I know an official who moved from D3 to the NFL in 5 years. Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time and get seen by the right person.

She worked HS games starting in 1999, but worked up to that for a few years like many do (working youth and MS games). This was her first season working a full CUSA schedule, according to the NYT article posted earlier this fall.

To work a bowl in her first full season in the conference? I can't imagine a typical recruit getting that kind of recognition.