BigMacAttack wrote:Impressive list. I had to revise the officials total from 33 to 34. Who knew there is a Bert Smith and Bret Smith working the MVC.
So all the referees on your list except Darron George worked the NCAA tournament. Neither Higgins, Kissinger, nor George worked UE games last season.
Petty and Crawford worked 4 MVC games each. Maxwell worked 3 and Arch Madness. Pollard and Bonner worked 2 and Arch Madness. Pettigrew and Kumpf worked 2. The rest of the list worked 1 each.
Non-list multiple MVC games officials were: Gene Grimshaw 4; Bret Smith, Roland Simmons and Ervin Wilson 3; and Craig Murley, Brad Gaston, Brian McNuff, Winston Stith, and Rick O'Neill 2.
Darron George got hurt during the CUSA Tournament otherwise I'm sure he'd have gotten the call.
The bottom part of your list are the 'Saturday Night in the Valley' guys that are a combination of older guys winding down (Stith, Murley, O'Neill, McNutt), guys that have been 'Saturday Night in the Valley' guys for a long time because they live in the footprint (Simmons, Grimshaw, Wilson, Gaston) and then you have some guys that are new to DI that are getting a taste of higher level (Shane Staggs, Kevin Driver).