‘I see,’ said the blind man — wait, didn’t I use that headline two weeks ago?

I took a quick glance at the Insurance Bowl last night, just as a penalty was being called. As the ref announced the particulars of the foul, I noticed something odd: He was wearing eyeglasses. I wasn’t able to get a screen shot (sorry, still no DVR here at Uni Watch HQ), but some quick Googling revealed that the game was being officiated by a Pac-12 crew, with the white hat being worn by one Jay Stricherz. Sure enough, he’s a four-eyes. He’s been wearing specs on the field for at least five years now, maybe longer. Judging by comments I found on an assortment of blogs and message boards, he also appears to be the object of considerable scorn among west coast NCAA fans, but I don’t watch many west coast games much college football, so I hadn’t been aware of him until now. It’s interesting to see that a bespectacled ref just happens to be a hated ref. I mean, okay, all refs are hated to some degress, but a lot of the online commentary about Stric...