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Post by FredFan7 on Jan 4, 2012 0:40:22 GMT -5
January 4, 2012 Orange Bowl Clemson vs. West Virginia Big 10 R- Dave Witvoet U- Jim Krogstad HL- Mike Dolce LJ- Dave Chesney FJ- Mike Cannon SJ- Steve Hassel BJ- Kevin Schwarzel Witvoet is one of the most senior white hats in the Big 10. He was a side judge and worked the Orange Bowl as a S around the turn of the century for the national championship. Also, Illini Announcer, Brian Barnhart, says Witvoet has "the best voice" of all Big 10 referees!  We've had superior officiating in the BCS bowls so far. Come on Big 10, do us proud and bring it home! What do/did you think of the crew? |
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Post by cball1985 on Jan 4, 2012 20:04:02 GMT -5
Alex Kemp is listed as the ALT for this game. I think he is a great Big 10 referee, and possibly a future NFL referee.
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Post by cball1985 on Jan 4, 2012 20:56:19 GMT -5
Great call by the officials there! The WVU player was on top of the Clemson player and no part of his body was touching the turf.
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Post by cball1985 on Jan 4, 2012 21:49:22 GMT -5
Another close play that the crew got right. I didn't see any part of the Clemson runner down prior to fumbling that ball.
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Post by cball1985 on Jan 4, 2012 21:53:25 GMT -5
Awesome! Bill Carollo is in the booth with Mike, Gruden, and Jaws.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2012 22:09:09 GMT -5
Awesome! Bill Carollo is in the booth with Mike, Gruden, and Jaws. And Nemmers is an RO in the nfl still so that accounts for what all the recently retired nfl whs are doIng |
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Post by cball1985 on Jan 4, 2012 22:25:25 GMT -5
Funny line by Gruden "I have friends in the officiating business."
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Post by fblrush on Jan 4, 2012 22:38:23 GMT -5
how many replay reviews did they have in the first half?
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Post by FredFan7 on Jan 5, 2012 2:11:11 GMT -5
That 99-yard fumble return tested Mr. Witvoet's wheels, but he did a very nice job.
The game was a dud, but the officials did a very nice job. One, very minor, thing I noticed was that crew discussion regarding penalties sometimes took a little longer (10-15 seconds or so) but that is really picking the nits.
Game was over at halftime. The crew had an excellent game.
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Post by howard63 on Jan 5, 2012 9:49:11 GMT -5
Very nice job. Most of this crew worked the national championship game last year between Auburn and Oregon. This inclues Witvoet,who was the alternate for that game. Also, Witvoet does have an excellent voice.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2012 14:00:18 GMT -5
ironically, both the LOS officials were the same that had Natl Championship game last year
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