College football will determine its national champion on Monday night, as Alabama and Clemson are squaring off in Tampa. Early on in the contest, no one spent any time talking about the game itself.
That’s because everyone on the internet was mystified by Mike Defee, who has a pair of arms that are chiseled out of marble. If you’re wondering what position Defee plays, you’re wasting your time, because he does not suit up for the Crimson Tide or the Tigers.
Instead, Defee is a referee who usually works Big XII matchips. He’s in charge of officiating this game, and while he’s doing that, people on Twitter are talking about his biceps.
The refs arm is never not flexing pic.twitter.com/qfqimIEnQg
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) January 10, 2017
Ref shirts aren't manufactured to those triceps' standards.
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) January 10, 2017
when every day is arm day pic.twitter.com/V9i7kACi1l
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) January 10, 2017
Player: REF! YOUR WRONG! I DIDN'T…
Ref: Yes you did
Player: Yes, you're right. Won't happen again😰 pic.twitter.com/515JbBhmie— The Original Me (@The_SteveB) January 10, 2017
LET THE RIPPED REF PLAY pic.twitter.com/9sZo7GZStR
— The Ringer (@ringer) January 10, 2017
I dare you to question any of this ref's calls. The man can bench press the offensive lines. #nationalchampionship pic.twitter.com/jw9lFUqC1S
— The Real Bryan Johnson (@BryanJohnson__) January 10, 2017
When you hit triceps earlier today and you want America to be aware. pic.twitter.com/AwWDyFaVpa
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) January 10, 2017
Of course, since he is a football ref who looks like he hasn’t missed a trip to the gym in decades, there was only one logical comparison: NFL ref and noted weightlifting enthusiast Ed Hochuli.
Yo Ed Hochuli, do you even lift bro? pic.twitter.com/MAAKCyrAjf
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) January 10, 2017
The Ed Hochuli of College Football will be in charge all night long. #GunsOut #EdHerculesWannaBe pic.twitter.com/2clrSAt5UL
— Johannes Schneider (@jocoolwu) January 10, 2017
Ed Hochuli is is calling his agent to set up a 30 Million Dollar MMA pay per view showdown w/ this guy. #nationalchampionship pic.twitter.com/G2EycZVk8f
— Bob Marsdale (@BobMarsdale) January 10, 2017
Apparently this ref is the Ed Hochuli of college football
— Michael (@Larko_9) January 10, 2017
Even Ed Hochuli is impressed with the guns on the referee in tonight's national championship game. pic.twitter.com/7hIA3CgBSI
— Lance Spigner (@Spigner23) January 10, 2017
This game should be unforgettable. The two teams involved are easily better than anyone else in college football, so odds are we’re going to have a classic. But even if the game ends up being lame for some reason, at least we’ll all remember tonight as the night that we all fell in love with college football’s jacked official.
