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![]() The second season we had this roundtable meeting in Charlottesville with all the officials assembled. At the end of the meeting, walked out and said, "Walk with me, Ron." I said, "Oh hell, I'm about to get fired." He said, "Ron, I want to make you a referee." I don't know if all the color drained out of my body. He could manage his crew, deal with coaches, knew the rules tremendously well but, beyond that, you really have to have common sense and know how to manage situations, and over the years, he just developed such a rapport with people and a respect from people. I talked to a lot of players, just as I would anybody else. I tried to call them by name if I could, and they called me Ron. Ron." It was, "Hey Ron." And I was happy with that because it made us equal components in a lot of ways. Like, "We've got Ron Cherry here, I've got to make sure my uniform's right. I've got to make sure I get back to the huddle in a calm manner." My cheerfulness and all the swag I claimed I had at the time, I had to straighten up and fly right around him. If I was cursing, "Hey buddy, that's enough of that." Let me tell you, he expected excellence on the field. ![]() I saw him undress people that were auxiliary. We were at TCU one time and he ran the alternate box guy out. ![]() That's the guy on the other side of the chains that keeps track of where the ball is. He wasn't doing his job, and right in the middle of the game, Ron said, "OK, you're out of here." He ran the guy off and they stopped the game until they could find another guy.
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