Officiating insights from Big 12 supervisor Greg Burks

Big 12 supervisor of officials Greg Burk (left) and replay coordinator David Warden watch the Baylor-West Virginia game Thursday night in the Big 12's Replay Operations Center. (Photo by Berry Tramel)

I spent last Thursday night in Irving, Texas, at the Big 12’s Replay Operations Center, where video replay review is conducted for all Big 12 games. I wrote about it for the Tuesday Oklahoman, a column which you can read here.

But Greg Burks, the Big 12’s new supervisor of officiating, had some other things to say, and I thought I would share them with you here:

* Burks said coaches often send in video of a play and ask why a penalty isn’t called. Burks will confirm that it indeed was an…