Welcome....

Not sure how many newbies are over here today, but we greatly appreciate our friends over at AA giving us the shout-out. My buddy and I are huge fans of the work they do over there, as we have always been fascinated by announcers and how awful they can be at times. What a brilliant idea... right? So the one day we are watching a game (I can't even remember what game it was now) and there must have been some horrible calls that were being made, and so I told him, we need to start a blog called Awful Officiating. At first we laughed, and then the next day at work I couldn't stop thinking about it. And that folks, is how this all began. AA was our inspiration, and for that we are very greatful. (Well, actually Joe Thiesmann was our inspiration, for it wasn't for him, we would have never googled "Awful Announcing", but... we did, and the rest is history) As AA mentioned, I contacted him, cause I didn't want to go stepping on any toes - and now we're all great friends. Well, ok - not really, we just share the same first name. Sorta. So... anyway - with all that, we say welcome to Awful Officiating. It's mostly dedicated to officials - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Occasionly we throw something else in that makes us laugh. Thank you for stopping by, feel free to add us to your favorites list, leave a comment or two, and come back anytime. One last thing: Isn't it great to know that the greatest race this weekend is not the Daytona 500, but yet a "made for tv" event involving an official and an announcer. GO DICKIE B!!!