A Central College alum oversaw the on-field festivities at the Outback Bowl between Iowa and Florida.

1978 graduate Brad Van Vark was the head official for yesterday’s game. Van Vark was a backup quarterback while at Central, and then an assistant coach for the Dutch for seven years. His full-time job is at Pella Corp, but he is also a Big 12 official and the Iowa Conference’s Coordinator of Football Officials.

Van Vark was on the field for the 2003, 2011 and 2014 national championship games, and this was his 17th straight year working a postseason contest.

Florida upended Iowa 30-3 in the game, which was played yesterday afternoon in Tampa, Florida.

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