Rogers Redding, who has served as the national coordinator of college football officials since 2011, has announced plans to retire after the season. This caps a career in college football officiating that started in the Southwest Conference in 1988.
The boy had no clue he would soon walk the same path as the man across the small table from him. They had grown up in vastly different worlds, after all — but, over burgers, intractable bonds began to form.
They set sail for paradise to play in football games to benefit charities but instead became witnesses to the beginning of America’s involvement in World War II.
Every year in North Carolina, an enduring football rivalry brews between Shaw and Saint Augustine’s, culminating in an epic end-of-the-season showdown, the Raleigh Classic.
