Referees (Officials) for NFL Week 4 2023 (October 1): Miami at Buffalo - Adrian Hill

[chongli]

NFL Capsules for Week 4:

 

https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Week 4 Capsules.pdf

[scroll a little down to the Buffalo game]

 

 

 

 

 

Position	No.	Name	Exp.	2022 Crew	College	Occupation
R	29	Adrian Hill	14	n/a	Buffalo	Aerospace Software Engineer
U	81	Roy Ellison	21	same	Savannah State	IT Engineer
DJ	24	David Oliver	7	same	Baker	Information Systems Manager
LJ	17	Brett Bergman	Rookie	n/a	unknown	unknown
FJ	31	Mearl Robinson	7	same	Air Force	retired US Air Force Instructor
SJ	5	Jim Quirk	13	same	Middlebury	Financial Advisor
BJ	17	Greg Steed	21	Rogers	Howard	Computer Systems Analyst
RO		Roddy Ames	6	same	Colby	Attorney
RA		Joe Wollan	4	same	St. Thomas	unknown

 

 

Firs thing I note is that the referee went to college at UB! We also have a very educated, professional crew this week. Not sure what the latter means.

 

Stupid factoid: I went to the same college (for a year) as our Side Judge.

 

Good interview with Adrian Hill, a NASA engineer:

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/adrian-hill-nfl-referee-rocket-scientist-talks-about-pressure-on-and-off-the-field-latest/

 

Edited September 27, 2023 by chongli

[CSBill]

Okay, this is good. I guess?

[SoMAn]

Back Judge, Howard University

 

 

 

[BearNorth]

Brett Bergman is the 4th member of his family to be an NFL official, grandfather [Jerry], Dad [Jeff] was a 30 year official and Uncle Jerry Jr. have all been NFL officials.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Anyone is better than that son of the jacked x-ref who always call 60 penalties on us. 

[RiotAct]

a rocket scientist.  Nice!

[Mango]

2 hours ago, SoMAn said:

Back Judge, Howard University

 

 

 

Bucknell used to use the same thing

[Big Turk]

Yo, Adrian! 

[BigDingus]

Terrible! Or awesome!? I don't know

 

But seriously, I never follow refs or know which crew to be weary of

[LABILLBACKER]

Anyone is better than Land Shark, Steve Carell and Hercules jr.

[Fleezoid]

I'm a bit concerned about the "Unknowns." 

 

Applicant: "Can I get a part time job as a Line Judge?"

NFL: "Where did you go to college and what is your current occupation?"

Applicant: "Umm, ......I'll get back to you on that."

NFL: "You'll do fine. Here's your plane ticket. Meet up with the crew in Buffalo."

 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2023 by Fleezoid

[Logic]

Thank you.

It's good to know the names of the people I'll be blaming Monday morning if the Bills lose.

[LabattBlue]

When are we going to get an official who is the McDonalds fry cook who dropped out of HS?

 

 

[purple haze]

7 hours ago, SoMAn said:

Back Judge, Howard University

 

 

 

We haven’t used that logo in several years.  Bucknell might still be using it.

[SoMAn]

4 hours ago, purple haze said:

We haven’t used that logo in several years.  Bucknell might still be using it.

But the back judge was there when it was still in use

[BearNorth]

19 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

I'm a bit concerned about the "Unknowns." 

 

Applicant: "Can I get a part time job as a Line Judge?"

NFL: "Where did you go to college and what is your current occupation?"

Applicant: "Umm, ......I'll get back to you on that."

NFL: "You'll do fine. Here's your plane ticket. Meet up with the crew in Buffalo."

 

Actually the Line Judge is the son and grandson of 30 year NFL officials and his uncle works as an NFL Official as well.  The family sideline business it would seem.  From what I can determine he was on the golf team at Villanova and works in tech, and has reffed in the Big Ten.

 

[The Jokeman]

19 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

When are we going to get an official who is the McDonalds fry cook who dropped out of HS?

 

 

Never as officials are a part time gig and am sure working at McDonalds means you gotta work weekends. 

[BigAl2526]

On 9/27/2023 at 9:26 AM, RiotAct said:

a rocket scientist.  Nice!

But referreeing NFL football is not rocket science.  It might be tougher.

 

Edited September 28, 2023 by BigAl2526

[purple haze]

On 9/27/2023 at 4:10 PM, SoMAn said:

But the back judge was there when it was still in use

So was I.