A week in the life of a college football official

Officials that work Division I and II games essentially have two full-time jobs.

Todd Ragsdale, who assigns high school officials in the Tulsa area and works Division II games in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association, provided details of an MIAA official's week:

Saturday: Game day. Arrive four hours early. Discuss rules, review training tape from previous week, meet with clock operator, coaches, sideline personnel and TV production truck. Call the game.

Sunday: Review film of Saturday's game. Provide a detailed report to MIAA evaluator, listing every play. Conference call with seven-man crew to discuss the previous game.

“We talk about everything we're graded on to see what we can do to improve,” Ragsdale said. “We ask, ‘Was it a good call, marginal call, incorrect call? Were we in the right position? Could you have helped me on that play?' It's very in-depth. It's a lot of paper work and entering data online.”