Blowing the Whistle: JRutledge Working the State Finals

tjones1

Seems to be a very fitting day to do this...and...

Since he won't do it... wanted to say congratulations to Mr. Rutledge and his crew (Doyle, Majka, Ybarra, G Buchner) on being selected to work the State Finals in Illinois!

In honor of our dear friend...

Atta boy, Jeff!!

Tom.OH

tjones1 wrote
Seems to be a very fitting day to do this...and...

Since he won't do it... wanted to say congratulations to Mr. Rutledge and his crew on being selected to work the State Finals in Illinois!

In honor of our dear friend...

Atta boy, Jeff!!

Congrats Rut!
Now call something for your pal bigjohn...

InsideTheStripe

Congrats, Jeff.

😀

bigjohn

Hey Rut, Break a Leg! 😛

CT1

Congrats, Rut. Don't be a pioneer!

JRutledge

tjones1 wrote
In honor of our dear friend...

Atta boy, Jeff!!

The last part is what I will miss the most. 🙁

Thanks for the kind words. I would not be there without many others that helped me along the way.

Peace

Ia-Ref

Congrats and have a great game too!

HLin NC

Kudoos Rut

Welpe

A repeat performance! Congrats Jeff!

pob14

Which class? We've still got two local teams alive in the semis.

jdmara

Congrats Rut! It's well deserved

-Josh

Steven Tyler

To all those posters that think Jeff blows now know it is the whistle in the state finals.

Congratulations there, Kiddo.

bcl1127

Congrats, the 7A game should be pretty good. I hope to be there someday.

JRutledge

Steven Tyler wrote
To all those posters that think Jeff blows now know it is the whistle in the state finals.

Congratulations there, Kiddo.

I do not blow too much, I am just a Back Judge. 😉

Peace

JRutledge

pob14 wrote
Which class? We've still got two local teams alive in the semis.

7A Championship.

All the teams left in that class have won a State Title in the last 5 or 6 years and two played each other. That game should be very interesting for sure. In my Bart Scott voice, "Can't wait!!!"

Peace

pob14

Well, it won't help for me to offer a bribe then. 😀 Congrats and have a great time in Champaign!

Texas Aggie

So how did it go?

JRutledge

It went very well. I have a game between two teams that had won a state title the year before. One was the defending title at that 7A and the other (who won) had won a title in 6A the previous year. It was a great game and the final score was 21-14 and I had a very big call near the end of the game which many said I was right who were watching (catch/no catch near the end of the end zone) which would have sealed the game late in the 4th Quarter. I have very proud of our crew and how we handled things throughout the game. The game called itself and players just played for the most part. I had a blast and honestly the prayer before the game was probably the most rememberable part of the entire weekend. I wish everyone the opportunity to work one of these games, it was very special.

Peace

bigjohn

I had a very big call near the end of the game which many said I was right who were watching (catch/no catch near the end of the end zone

I noticed you said many, not MOST! LOL!!

I bet you sold it though, Rut!

Good Job!
🙂

JRutledge

bigjohn wrote
I noticed you said many, not MOST! LOL!!

I said many because there are always people that disagree. I am OK with that and honestly at the end of the day do not care what people think when I saw the replay several times and can live with the call. Then again those that disagreed, I consider the source too. I will put it this way, I got enough emails and messages that said I nailed it.

bigjohn wrote
I bet you sold it though, Rut!

Good Job!
🙂

I sure did. 😉

Peace