Rogers Redding is up

Hey everyone. Good morning.

It's time to get started.

SEC COORDINATOR OF OFFICIALS ROGERS REDDING

• "We're ready to get going just like the players and coaches."
  
  
• Redding has been in officiating for 35 years.
  
  
• "There is hardly anything to talk about."
  
  
• No changes to clock rules this season. "There is a general consensus that we're where we need to be with the clock."
  
  
• On illegal formation: Rather than look for seven men on the line of scrimmage, they're looking for no more than four backs. (I'll describe this in detail later.)
  
  
• If the punter carries the ball outside the tackle box before he kicks the ball, there will be no penalties for hitting him. No roughing. He's still protected from flagrant fouls, but the "special protection" he's afforded in the standard punt formation disappears if he leaves the tackle box.
  
  
• The rules committee now will overhaul rules every two years. Before, they were adjusting things every season.
  

THAT'S A WRAP. Next up is Georgia coach Mark Richt at 8:45ish.