After years of being treated to Walt Anderson, today we were introduced to Greg Burks, the new Big 12 coordinator of football officials. Burks, who was the referee for the very first College Football Playoff title game, was a Big 12 official from 1996-2014 and took on this role in June. Burks also administers CFO West, which includes officials from the Big 12, Mountain West, and Southland conferences.
Burks went through the rule changes for 2018:
There will be a new focus on equipment, with players being required to meet uniform requirements or miss plays until the problem has been rectified.