Welcome back to a special day-after-Thanksgiving edition of Going Bowling, where we're always Kraft Fight Hunger-ing for some leftover turkey and gravy. And don't bother with giving us a plate. We have 35 bowls to eat out of.
The Zebra Report: Going Bowling Edition
While the team you love to cheer is fighting for its best bowl berth over the season's final two weekends, so are some of the men you love to boo. I'm talking about the officials. To the Men In Black (and White), bowl rings, watches and memories are just as coveted as they are among the teams and coaches. Because not every official makes it to the postseason. Not even close. On any given weekend there are 60 or more major college officiating crews in action. Only half of those will get to go bowling.
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ESPN The Magazine, NASCAR- ESPN The Magazine senior writer
- 2-time Sports Emmy winner
- 2010 NMPA Writer of the Year
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Ryan McGee
Ryan McGee is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. While you may know him for his extensive and very popular NASCAR coverage on this site and television, he's also been a constant in the Mag's coverage of college football. Why? Well, to wit:
• He started working in college athletic departments at 16 (Furman, Tennessee). Got his first sideline pass (UNC @ Virginia) when he was 12 and was totally run over by Tar Heels LB Micah Moon.
• His father was a college football official for 36 years (FBS 1981-2009), working 20 bowl games and two national championships.
• Ryan's a member of the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America).
• He's covered college football for ESPN The Magazine for the last five years.
• He's all over college sports -- Ryan authored "The Road To Omaha: Hits, Hopes and History at the College World Series."
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