Does anyone know about their selection? It seems to me that, in the past, they couldn't come from either participant's conference, but how does Notre Dame being an indy fit in with that?
That was from an article before last years BSCNCG btw...It is a task that is considered both a reward and a huge responsibility, according to Rogers Redding, the national coordinator for college football officiating.
As Redding explained, the selection of the officiating crew is based in part on rotation as well as expertise. Only crews from the six automatic qualifier conferences -- SEC, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Big East and Pac 12 -- are considered, and crews from conferences represented in the game are not eligible to officiate.
ND gets 5 Frocks for their home games!Does anyone know about their selection? It seems to me that, in the past, they couldn't come from either participant's conference, but how does Notre Dame being an indy fit in with that?
Their new deal with the ACC should eliminate them from being available, too.Notre Dame uses Big East crews, which I assume would eliminate them from contention along with SEC officials.
Agreed I think we end up with PAC 12, least biased towards or against either team. Big 10 and Big 12 both a little to close to ND and Bama respectively.Their new deal with the ACC should eliminate them from being available, too.
Let's hope not.I wonder if the NFL replacement refs are available?
Fine by me, there have been a lot of times in OOC games that it seems like the SEC refs are going out of their way with the calls to make it obvious they're not home-cooking to the point of away-cooking. Have no proof of this, just a general feeling sometimes.The poor SEC officials never get to do it.