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USC Morning Buzz: Pac-12 Refs Moving To Big Ten

Pac-12 referees Chris Coyte, Francisco Villar, Jim Wharrie and Steve Strimling have been hired by the Big Ten Conference, per Football Zebras.

Strimling, a long-time Pac-12 crew chief, is expected to work in the replay command center. Coyte, Wharrie and Villar (also crew chiefs) will remain on-field officials. Crew chiefs are the officials in charge of the game who announce penalties, etc., to the crowd.

Strimling, Coyte and Villar are based in Southern California. Villar went to USC. Do you think Coyte and Villar were looking ahead to 2024? Either USC or UCLA should be at home every weekend so they should get some local games.

All these departures present a problem for the Pac-12 in 2023. It has lost at least five crew chiefs for this season. As Football Zebras notes, the Pac-12 “is the only Power 5 conference that does not have a robust alliance with other Division I, II, or III conferences,” so there is no natural talent pipeline to recruit officials.

Does it surprise you that the Pac-12 is behind everyone else in this regard?

It’s a problem you could originally blame on Larry Scott but George Kliavkoff has been in charge for two years.

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64 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Pac-12 Refs Moving To Big Ten”

  1. Now that they don’t have to stop the clock to move the chains ( a la the regular season game against Utah) – They might make fewer bad calls.

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    2. Good morning Ed, I’ll rub one off and aim the goodies in your mouth, but you have to promise to tongue kiss me afterwards 😀👍🏼

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    1. Good morning “No spellcheck Ed.G” , you can probably get a job as a Dumb Fuc, pull up the job site called indeed, because I’m pretty sure you qualify. How’s the peenus, have you stuck in in your mouth for your daily jolly? 😂

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  6. What a nice start to Scott Wolf’s Tuesday edition with all the ‘pervs’ out in full force;
    is there any wonder why L.A. mothers over-protect their children?

    When I was 5 my mom let me walk a half mile to school on the railroad tracks to
    Overland School near Westwood. I was precocious and fearless and had no idea what L.A. was to become with the influx and creation of so many hateful spiteful men

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    1. LJ – It’s the same person and he has a grievance with you and Ed, and seems intent on ruining the comment section. Fortunately none of us have to actually interact with him. But Scott needs to starting banning a few people unless he wants to drive his readership lower.

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      1. Thanks, Fight On, but I don’t want Wolf’s blog to turn in to a Wallace blog where the thin-skinned dude censors everything that is short of a Wallace-compliment

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      2. LJ – It’s the same person and he has a grievance with you and Ed, my lover man, and seems intent on ruining the comment section. Fortunately none of us have to actually interact with him, but I think I’m going to start. But Scott needs to starting banning Fuc boys like Ed.G, unless he wants to drive his readership lower, because that dude is a fuccin cock sucker

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      3. It’s not just one person. There’s 2 or 3 knuckleheads doing it.

        I agree with LJ. Banning them isn’t the solution. If people want to act like children, let them. It’s a free country. For now, anyway. (Thank God Dementia Joe was unsuccessful in creating his Ministry of Truth.)

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  7. Do the posturs here thynk fayk lawyur john iz so angree becuz he spent a lot of munny on a fayk law skool diploma and he cant pass the happy hour in his hom stayt of brokenbak mountin?

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    1. If only. That would take work. What he needs is a moderator who will clear everyone with a valid email address. They use the avatar to define who you are. If we all used unique avatars the fakes would stand out.

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      1. If only. That would take work. What he needs is a moderator who will clear everyone with a valid email address. They use the avatar to define who you are. If we all used unique avatars the fakes would stand out. But then again, it wouldn’t be fun anymore, because the current members think I’m a USC football genius, because I post on all the Trojans sites everywhere, because I have no life, other then jerking off to Ed.G’s photo 😀👍🏼

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  9. Scooter,

    Four eye Steve Strimling should not be allowed to go the BIG 10. He sucked as a ref and I am sure he sucks at what he does now. He will bring his hated bais against SC along with him and he will pollute other refs to hate SC. Forget him

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  10. Poor management destroyed the PAC12. They should have kept the prettiest girl happy (USC).

    Speaking of poor management, how is USC’s defense looking?

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      1. Muhahahahaha!

        I thought Scott was a generic name counselor! I was making an honest assumption about the author being a plebiscite who trolls the owners blog. Not the owner himself! That’s my line and I truly believe that! 😏

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      3. George — Keep up with the young-at -heart -humor and you can top him by a decade…
        #ItWorkedForMyFavoriteArtist,TyrusWong

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  14. Pac-12 is falling apart. George turned out to be a poor choice for commish. I dont think he knows how to roll with the punches and how to figure out what is really important.

    What mattered? Keep USC. Keep USC. Keep USC.

    he should have made moves very quickly. improving the refs should have been done in the first year. re-negotiating media rights should have happened before the big 12 and he should have been talking daily to bohn to make sure USC would stay. he should have been aggressively pushing to get Bush’s Heisman reinstated, as a gesture.

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  15. BELAFONTE HADSOME NICE SONGS MANY YEARS AGO
    CALYPSO

    AH. A FAKE DOG APPEARED
    THANKS SO MUCH !!😀😀

    PS BIDEN RUNNING IN2024 —-JOE VS DONALD AGAIN

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      2. It appears you’re right, 67. All donations to Kennedy have to be made directly to him.
        [The same will go for whoever the repub candidate turns out to be — no more wasting money on the DNC or RNC]…..

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      4. Disney will come to Asa’s aid [since he wants a certain Florida Governor to show Disney’s reciprocal covenants more respect]….

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    2. Four more years of dementia! Hopefully, the comedians of the world will quit hesitating about using the great material this administration is giving them.

      “That’s gold, Jerry! GOLD!!” – Kenny Bania

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      1. Unbelievable. Joe apparently is SO far gone that his “announcement” is just a collection of clips of slurred speeches from last month ….
        #TheULTIMATECynicism

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      2. It’s hilarious how many fools are asking whether his age will be a factor. Bernie is the same age and sharp as a tack.

        Everyone afraid to use the “D” word, when it’s so obvious to anyone with a triple digit IQ.

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  16. GERM BOMB IN SUDAN ?? CHECK IT OUT GUYS.
    HI MG AND SO CAL AND 67 AND ALL

    I HAVE A JOKE
    BUT GONNA SAVE IT FOR NOW
    HOLD THAT APPLAUSE !!

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      1. OK MG CANT HOLD IT ANYMORE

        THERE WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL INDIAN MAIDEN NAMED HAPPY BOTTOM
        A SEXY VIRGIN AT EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. BUT SHE DIDNT LIKE HER NAME

        SO SHE WENT TO COURT AND HAD IT CHANGED TO GLADIS !!!

        Hahaha ??????????

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  17. Oh brother, George, talking about changing one’s name, how about the
    Hoggs who their parents thought was funny to name them Yura and Ima–
    now they needed a name change

    Like you, GT, I’ve got others but they only get worse

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    1. Oh brother, Ed.G, talking about changing one’s name, how about the
      Hoggs who their parents thought was funny to name them Fuckboy and numb nutts–
      now they needed a name change😂

      Like you, GT, I’ve got others but they only get worse. I’m getting ready to go suck Ed.G’s peenus off, I’ll chat with you later.

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  18. By the way, I was assigned the moniker sparrowcaramelcalypso,
    but isn’t that appropriate today with Mr. Calypso Belafonte’s death

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    1. YEAH LJ
      REMEMBER THIS ONE

      DOWN THE WAY WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE GAY
      AND THE SUN SHINES DAILY ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP
      I TOOK A TRIP ON A SAILING SHIP AND WHEN I REACHED JAMAICA I MADE A STOP

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      1. BUT IM SAD TO SAY
        IM ON MY WAY
        WONT BE BACK FOR MANY A DAY. MY HEART IS DOWN
        MYHEAD IS TURNING AROUN
        I HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE GILR IN KINGSTON TOWN !!

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