( CNN ) Ah , um , that referee at the college football national championship sure looked familiar -- but no , it was n't Bob Newhart . During the Ohio State-Oregon matchup -- officially known as the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT & T -- Twitter started buzzing over head referee Greg Burks , who looks suspiciously like comedy 's favorite stammering phone caller , Chicago psychologist and Vermont innkeeper . The attention got back to Newhart himself , who chimed in to set the record straight -- sort of . Newhart was n't the only lookalike at the game . Michael Strahan noticed that Oregon defensive coordinator Don Pellum looked like Coolio . Newhart and Coolio ? Something like that would be , uh , paradise . Incidentally , Ohio State won , 42-20 .
Referee at college football championship looked like Bob Newhart . The NFL is a business and the owners are not going to let this go without a fight.