The Navy & SMU Athletic Departments announced yesterday the creation of the Gansz Trophy honoring coaching legend Frank Gansz who died earlier this year. Coach Gansz played at Navy and then spent 24 seasons coaching in the NFL with an additional 14 in the collegiate ranks. His stops included a stint at Navy (as an assistant), and most recently SMU where he was on the staff when he passed away.
Glossary
My posts contain a fair amount of abbreviations and nicknames, here is where I try to make some sense of that. I'll probably add to this page as time goes on (and suggestions come in [hint, hint, hint]).
Football
October 08, 2009
January 17, 2009
More on referees...
Because you know you can't get enough of the stripes - I got some clarification, from Peter King's column of all places, on how the playoffs are officiated, and I had it basically right.
All crews (there are 17) and individual officials are graded each week over the entire season. For the first two weeks of the playoffs (Wildcard & Divisional), the top 8 rated crews are assigned to work those 8 games.
The Conference Championship and Super Bowl are officiated by "all-star" crews, with the top three rated officials at each position (back judge, side judge, etc.) working those three games. There are a couple of exceptions - No rookie official, regardless of their ranking, can work in Championship games and no one can work back to back Super Bowls.
