New FBS Referees

[russ]

Now that the Season is half way over already I thought I would updated all the White Hat changes in the FBS. There weren't a ton this season.

Power 5 :

ACC- Timothy Hedgepeth. Hedgepeth spent last season as an AAC CJ and before that was an FCS Referee. He is not replacing any White Hat as the ACC went back to 10 crews this season after having just 9 last season.

Big Ten- Mike Cannon returns after opting out last season. All other Referees remain the same.

Big 12- Derek Anderson. Anderson moves up to Referee after spending a number of seasons at LJ regularly working NY6 games including last years National Championship. He replaces longtime Big Offical Brad Van Vark who appears to have retired.

Pac-12: Same 7 Referees as last Season.

SEC: Same 9 Referees as last Season.

Group of 5:

AAC- Nate Black. Black was an FCS Referee who occasionally worked Non-Conference AAC games. He replaces Anthony Calabrese who is back to being a CJ.

C-USA- 4 New Referees in C-USA: Tobian Johnson (C-USA CJ last season), Scott Hardin (FCS Referee last season), Patrick Foy (C-USA CJ last Season)and Kevin Vicknair (Sun Belt HL last season). They replace Ken Antee (Retired?), Billy Williams (now a MAC BJ) and Chris Bynum (Now a MAC SJ). They went back to 8 crews this season after having 7 last year. Interesting to see 2 C-USA Referees move to the MAC even though they are no longer Referees.

MAC- Same Set-up as last season. They have 6 Referees but 7 crews. Not sure why we have no Replacement Referee 2 seasons in a row.

MWC- Same 5 Referees as last season.

Sun Belt- Same 5 Referees as last season.

[FredFan7]

I think the MAC is sprinkling in some B1G black hats into that final MAC referee spot as a tryout for future full time MAC/B1G referee openings.

[mike]

If you look at who wants to move to AAC, CUSA is in a lot of trouble. Also, if you want to get looked at by NFL, showing you can break in at a different position and do it well is helpful. Alberto Riveron was close with Gerry Austin which I think helped CUSA guys in the past. With Walt Anderson taking over you have more Big XII ties and also B1G/MAC via Bill Carollo.

[jc]

Where is Amanda Sauer this year-is she still in Big 10 or MAC. Last year she was a CJ with Snodgrass crew...

[russ]

Oct 21, 2021 11:39:45 GMT -5 jc said:

Where is Amanda Sauer this year-is she still in Big 10 or MAC. Last year she was a CJ with Snodgrass crew...

This year she is the CJ on Mark Kluckzynski's crew.