Fix-it Man
Dennis Poppe
When Bob Stoops is angry about a blown call or upset about a bowl assignment, he doesn’t call Myles Brand. He calls Poppe, the NCAA’s managing director for football and baseball. The three-decade NCAA vet oversees both officiating and championship series for football and baseball, and he makes it his business to know every college head coach, AD and assistant equipment manager in the country. He knows how to glad-hand the pols, too. The 59-year-old Poppe has overseen the College World Series since its days in obscurity. Now that it has gone prime time, he’s been in talks with the city of Omaha to build the popular event fancy new digs.
Mark of influence: For better or worse, Poppe helped bring both the BCS and instant replay to college football.
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