He generally was quiet early in a contest but would always seem to make a call towards the end that would have an impact on the final outcome. He had an addiction for making sure he was involved somehow in the final result of the game. Sometimes it favored us, sometimes not. I personally had the feeling that more times than not it favored us. JMO. And despite the fact that I agree with everyone that refs shouldn’t be like this, in a strange sort of way, I will miss him.

Dave Libbey is definitely in the Hall of Shame of SPTR’s. For me, Charlie Range will likely always hold the title of worst Pac 10 ref, but Libbey is right up there. Geezers might also recall such rogues as Lou Soriano, Jack Ditty (“Ditty is sh#tty”), Mel Ross, Richie Ballesteros, Terry Christman and Bob Garibaldi (never wanted him in a game in the Bay Area, which is where he was from). Focusing on the current motley crew, Ruben Ramos is Public Enemy #1 in my mind right now due to his horrendous homer call against Collison that might have cost us the ASU game. Others who stink include Mark Reischling and Bill Kennedy. Reischling’s retirement is also long overdue. Part of the problem is that refereeing seems to be the quintessential old boys network and the old guys just keep hanging around. Seniority is viewed as the equivalence of quality.