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Post by zebrablog on Feb 15, 2023 18:53:15 GMT -5
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Post by russ on Feb 16, 2023 12:48:19 GMT -5
Interesting group of Officials here. There are a number of Officials who used to be part of the MDP that were removed within the last few years that are working the XFL including Heaser, Villar, R. Smith, Snead, Barrett and Britton. We have seen MDP Officials get removed and then returned to the list later, happened with Cat Conti and Larry Smith this season, so it is very possible some of these guys could return. But it might be more they needed highs quality Officials to fill out the crews.
I think the Referees they chose are about as good as it gets. 4 of the 6 worked NY6 games this season and Autrey, Coyte and Heaser are consistently rated at the top of their conference. Will be interested to see if any of them are added or re-added to the MDP as currently none of the 6 Referees are part of it, although 3 have been in the past.
Also interesting to see that 5 of the 6 Umpires are current CJ's, the only actual College Umpire is William Thomas. College CJ and NFL Umpire is a very similar position so it makes sense, just thought it was interesting.
Overall out of the 42 Officials; 15 of them are current MDP members, 6 are past MDP members, and 21 have never been in the MDP. Conference breakdown is 7 SEC, 8 Pac-12, 6 Big Ten, 8 Big 12, 8 ACC, 2 AAC, 2 MAC, 1 MWC.
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Post by mike on Feb 16, 2023 19:42:59 GMT -5
Glad Autrey is finally getting a shot.
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