Comments on: Time for conferences to get out of the officiating business

By: Bud

Bud — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:50:58 +0000

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By: Reporters Notebooks | Thursday Night Football Picks & Predictions

Reporters Notebooks | Thursday Night Football Picks & Predictions — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:52:13 +0000

[...] Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It’s time for conferences to get out of the officiating business. [...]

By: Coach O

Coach O — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:55:12 +0000

You guys act like this is the first football season ever in which a bad call got made in a game. Every team in the SEC has played in a game at one time or another that had questionable calls that probably affected the outcome. It happens. Get over it.

By: iJax | Baker’s Dozen

iJax | Baker’s Dozen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:01:11 +0000

[...] Mississippi State- Speaking of bad calls, if the SEC wants their coaches to stop criticizing officials, perhaps they should hire some who can actually call games correctly, or do as Tony Barnhart suggests and get out of the refereeing game altogether. [...]

By: GMan

GMan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:09:59 +0000

Hal, I haven’t argued any of the calls you presented. I definitely believe we were very fortunate to not have it. Do I see calls go the other way that don’t appear founded – yes! I too would rather see the game played without it coming down to a bad call – which is why it should never come down to that and I don’t whine if my team loses because of it. Many years ago that would have been my argument but now I see it for what it is – instead I question the other 59 minutes of the game around that call which led to someone not in a football uniform deciding the outcome. Bad calls are always going to remain a part of the game and unfortunately one or both of the teams feel the effects. But to say that a single play call, a single player on that play, a fan throwing his cup on the field, the wind blowing too much in the stadium because of the architecture of the seating, OR that the refs caused the loss may be stretching it a bit. I’d rather accept that my team put us into a situation that let someone else decide the game. I remember when we were 0-10-1 and I don’t think it was because of bad officiating…although there weren’t camera angles and instant replay on ESPN or YouTube so I could see it, hear it, and over analyze it! I hope for a good clean and exciting game this weekend. May the best team win – without the aid of a yellow hanky. Cheers!

By: Hal

Hal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:43:08 +0000

Oh Gman sorry but I went home… we were having so much fun. Listen, if you deny that the PI called in the end zone, and the PF call on Arky (that they’ve admitted were both close, and ghost respectively) didn’t lead to 7 points, you are indeed nuts and looking thru Gator glasses. If you deny that Cooper spun the DB on his TD catch with a ref standing right on it, then you are indeed nuts and looking thru Gator glasses.

Of course Arky missed many ops to put the game away, as did UF. But UF is the better team and Arky was in way over their heads just to be in it with 5 minutes to go. I actually did not want UF to loose nor did I want them loosing against MSU. However I do hate to see a team that plays so hard get shafted at the end of the game and essentially lose the game on those calls. We were on the winning side once of a terrible call and I didn’t like winning that way. Guess thats the difference between a classy organization and UF.

Could UF had gotten the 1st downs any way? Sure they could have, but we’ll never know. Could they have scored anyway? Sure, but again we’ll never know.

And that’s what you gators and tide fans are missing in everyone else’s arguments. We’ll never know because what should have happened didn’t. The refs influenced the game and any village idiot knows at least that much. They influenced our game against LSU. LSU may have scored anyway, but they changed the momentum, and both teams strategies for the final 1:09… so we’ll never know what would have happened had all these games been called correctly.

It’s not UF’s fault, nor Bama’s nor LSU’s among many others I’m sure that they’ve benefited from some shady calls. You guys just don’t like hearing your teams worthiness questioned, raised your dander. But you have to be willing to understand that we just want to never even talk about the refs at the end of a ballgame, if you’re talking about them… they influenced it. If they didn’t, they’d still be working this weekend. Don’t argue with your heart GMan… you loose credibility. Admit that you got the calls, man up and go play next week. I expect a close game in Jacksonville believe it or not, and dear god I pray the refs don’t get involved!

By: robert

robert — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:32:29 +0000

Looks like Mullen was wrong and Kiffin both wrong and dumb, if he was being honest. It’s more the coaches manipulating the media either to get a favorable call the next time or cover their behinds or rile up their own fans. I haven’t played in 40 years and I apparently know the rules better than Kiffin says he does.

By: Deep Ball

Deep Ball — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:34:10 +0000

Brad,

Are you seriously complaining about the late hit call touchdown in the UF/LSU game?? LSU still scored AFTER that play. The Riley Cooper touchdown catch was completely bogus and had a MUCH bigger impact on the outcome of the game.

Maybe it’s coincedental, but it sure feels like Florida catches more bogus calls in their favor than any other team in the conference.

By: Its a gator world

Its a gator world — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:25:32 +0000

Lotta resentment and anger towards Florida and Bama and the lunatic idea that they’re both getting a bunch of bogus calls on purpose. hmmmm. I wonder why that would be?

By: dawes

dawes — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:24:08 +0000

tony let conference do their and you stick to do what you do for aliving that is working for the ajc and ga will upset the mightly gators