SEC: It was a bad call
SEC coordinator of officials Rogers Redding has told the Athens Banner-Herald that, based on a video review, the excessive celebration penalty on Georgia receiver A.J. Green in Saturday’s loss to LSU should not have been called.
Said Redding: “My sense of it is the official reacted to what he saw. … But on the other hand, the video that we looked at does not support the call that was made on the field.”
Unfortunately, all that does is make the Bulldog Nation feel justified in complaining about the officiating.
LSU still won the game.
But at least now we know there wasn’t something there that we couldn’t see.
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djrichiep
October 5th, 2009
4:02 pm
Fat lotta good that admission does
RxDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:06 pm
Well duh
MarkA
October 5th, 2009
4:07 pm
Glad to see the admission. Not would like to see some serious grovelling.
NC Dawg
October 5th, 2009
4:07 pm
This admission needs to go toward mounting evidence that the excessive celebration rule needs to be abolished next year.
MarkA
October 5th, 2009
4:07 pm
*Now
RxDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:07 pm
Maybe….just MAYBE, they will freaking lay off of us a little bit now. Since that UF end zone celebration we have been heavily flaged for these subjective type things.
Troof
October 5th, 2009
4:10 pm
Wah Wah Wah! The refs cost us the game! Please.
The refs didn’t give up a 40 yd kickoff return and then a 33 yd TD run. Poor tackling cost UGA the game. Scott’s TD run would have been good from 60 yards.
UGA better man up or Kiffykins may get lucky this Saturday. If that happens I’ll be able to hear the implosion all the way over here in Augusta.
Saint Simons
October 5th, 2009
4:11 pm
((((((( 20 – 13 )))))) hahahhahahahahahahahahahaha
Buddy Rae
October 5th, 2009
4:13 pm
You fellow dawg fans need to get over this one. We lost the game because of inept coaching period. One damn first down in the first half. Willie’s D choked again on a 3rd and long and hits a wide open receiver. CMR and the staff blew it period!
JB
October 5th, 2009
4:15 pm
Too little, too late……we are 3-2…………………………………..always hope to right the ship…..
toga
October 5th, 2009
4:16 pm
Richt is soft and will continue to allow his team to act with out regard for their actions. How about just handing the ball to the ump? Are the bulldogs too cool for school and to stupid for the real world. Maybe they can start a rap band.
Troof is an idiot
October 5th, 2009
4:18 pm
Dude – the 40 yard kick off return was due the the fact that b/c of the 15 yard penalty GA had to kick it as far as they possible could – thus out kicking coverage – your post above shows you know nothing about the fundamentals and aspects of a football game – and the 33 yrd run would not have been an issue b/c LSU would have had to pass to get into field goal range and not run – you dufus.
bling and blang
October 5th, 2009
4:19 pm
Dawgs should have never put themselves in that position to begin with. Poorly coached game. Defense still left receivers wide open. Its the same ole BS period and frankly Im getting tired of it!
UGA
October 5th, 2009
4:20 pm
Oh, get off it Bill King.
If UGA wouldn’t have been all but shut out for 3 quarter’s this would be a non-issue. UGA’s offense was absolutely anemic all game, and when it came down to it, Cox threw an interception and Charles Scott scored…it’s as simple as that. If the UGA defense could tackle even a little, Scott would not have scored that TD. As a matter of fact, LSU got the same penalty right after that TD to seal the deal. UGA had the time to get the ball down there, I have seen them do it before. Cox just threw an INT. That’s it. Pure, Plain, and Simple.
Further, what are you going to do? Put an asterisk next to it and say “we should have won that one?” Wrong.
UGA’s luck ran out in this one. You had to have seen it coming. UGA was not going to be able to keep winning games like Arkansas and USCeast. Arizona proved that much and I knew they were in trouble after that game.
Troof is an idiot
October 5th, 2009
4:22 pm
Mr. Ealy will have a break out game against TN if CMR lets him play – lets find another running back and put Mr. Samuels back on defense where he belongs – the guy is a great athlete and a lot of heart and he wants to hit somebody – correct me if I am wrong but wasn’t he a 5 star linebacker? – IF Ealy can carry the load I say let him! And please teach Cox that he can throw to other receivers and not always the #1 – I see why he has to be so accurate b/c he stares his receive from b4 the snap until he makes the throw – he needs to learn to check off to other receivers
LSU GA fan
October 5th, 2009
4:22 pm
Most LSU fans will also agree that was a BAD call but the better team that day still won. I still dont get how you drop a SEC team that barely loses to the #4 team in the country out of the top 25?
Paul H
October 5th, 2009
4:23 pm
Oh what a surprise! Of course it was a bad call. We’ve only been saying that for 48 hours now.
Kevin
October 5th, 2009
4:23 pm
Troof is an idiot, you’re exactly right. It’s hard enough to win in the SEC as it is. UGA is doing ENOUGH to be mediocre on its own, so idiotic calls from idiotic refs are really hard to overcome.
Since they admitted it, do we get a “do-over” now?
Paul H
October 5th, 2009
4:24 pm
LSU GA fan – Agreed.
Red
October 5th, 2009
4:24 pm
Let’s move on. I just want to see Ealey takeover the running game the rest of the year. Georgia has room for him to play each game now that Caleb broke his jaw. Too bad for Caleb, though.
DawgGirl32
October 5th, 2009
4:24 pm
Toga- It was a potential game-winning touchdown in one of the most pivotal games in recent memory and you think he would just hand the official the ball? Get real. No other receiver in college football would have done that. And do you really still use the phrase “too cool for school?”
TopDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:25 pm
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the rule is if we had kicked the ball out of bounds on the kickoff from the 15? Would LSU still have started at their own 40, or is there a different rule for that situation? I have to imagine that there is, but not aware of it.
bali smith
October 5th, 2009
4:26 pm
what kills me about georgia football is not seeing the big picture. uga wants to be a big time football program but hires two unknowns to be offensive and defensive coordinators. the thing I will remember about the loss to lsu was one first down in the first halfand LSU scoring with 67 seconds to go in the game. also Defensive technique has sucked all season
Bad Beat
October 5th, 2009
4:26 pm
Any organization, business, or team is a direct reflection of the CEO or leader. Richt is an above average CEO, not a great one. If UGA is content with being average and winning the SEC every now and then when some of the other teams are having bad years, then keep Richt. Saban and Meyer (love them or hate them) are anal controllers of everything involving their programs, and it is reflected in their success. Richt is not on their level, and never will be. That does not say anything bad about Mark Richt, it is just a reflection of the respective coaches personalities and abilities.
Herschel Talker
October 5th, 2009
4:27 pm
MARK RICHT = BOOBY COX!!!
Fair Weathered Fran
October 5th, 2009
4:28 pm
There’s a storm coming. It could be a CAT 8-4, CAT 7-5 or a CAT 6-6. My guess is a CAT 7-5 with a loss in HaHalanta. Hope I’m wrong.
JustaThought
October 5th, 2009
4:28 pm
Hey Troof………….So you saying that the fact that GA didn’t tackle the LSU player on the 33 yd TD run had nothing to do with the loss? Thank God it was only 33 yds, cause if LSU would have run the play from it’s 20, it would have been a 80 yd TD run.
bling and blang
October 5th, 2009
4:29 pm
RED……..Too bad for Caleb breaking his jaw. Ealey will still need our pathetic line to block for him though and it still wont be spectacular Im afraid!
Andy in Blairsville
October 5th, 2009
4:30 pm
These blogs are as entertaining as they are predictable after a loss and I was curious whose head the fair weather fans wanted this week and I now see that its Richt’s.
Yet another decade will soon pass without a National Championship so I’m curious what Richt’s life expectancy as the head coach in Athens is…..
Tom
October 5th, 2009
4:30 pm
It was a bad call, but the penalty was 15 yards….not a restraining order against touching Charles Scott for the remainder of the game.
Tim Rupert
October 5th, 2009
4:31 pm
Ok, not only did they blow, I mean made up the call and it was so obvious that they admited it.
The game is over and they made a very bad call that will have a ripple effect in the sec and all of college football. What in hell are they doing about it? where is the accountability, will the offical get fired, fined, will we even hear about it? I don’t know about yall but where I work there is a thing called accountibality, Is there any in the SEC and if not is it because the head offical is a Ga Tech grad?
AltamahaDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:31 pm
Well , of cource it was the wide open receivers that put them in that deep 6-0 halftime hole that they had to somehow try to dig out of.
JustaThought
October 5th, 2009
4:32 pm
Tenn. run game seems to be very stout to say the least. Is anybody else starting to get a funny feeling about this game…….
Buddy Rae
October 5th, 2009
4:32 pm
andy in Blairsville……. I guess you are a fan that dances to mediocrity and lack luster play huh?
Atlanta Native
October 5th, 2009
4:33 pm
Yes, it was a poor call. However, quite simply – if LSU is 15 yards back w/o the penalty and runs the same plays, they still score.
Same result.
uuugh...
October 5th, 2009
4:33 pm
Thanks SEC…what recourse do we have to regain all the momentum wrongfully taken from us?
Do you think we can call it even for the EndZone Celebration now after only 2 years?
over rated !!!
October 5th, 2009
4:34 pm
miss tackles on that run….lots of them….trying to knock him over instead of wrapping him up…they teach wrap up tackling in pop warner…..learn to tackle and you’ll complain less.
Michael Scharff
October 5th, 2009
4:34 pm
Sure it was a bogus call, BUT…Our defense was still porous all day until LSU would get in to the red zone, but “hunkered down” inside the red zone for 58 and a half minutes. Larry used to beg the defense, “Come on you guys, we have to hunker down ONE MORE TIME!” We couldn’t, and LSU scored on a play where we wouldn’t or couldn’t wrap-up – POOR FUNDAMENTALS. In 2001, after Tennessee appeared to have ripped our hearts out in much the same fashion as on Saturday, Greenie had just about exactly the same amount of time on the last drive that resulted in the Hobnail boot. Joe C. and our offense were not able to come through, and, thus, so goes a heart breaking loss. “Rocky Top” is always a tough place to play, and with another trip to Tennessee the following week, either the Kiffins or Vandy (hopefully neither and most certainly hopefully not both), may end up catching us feeling sorry for ourselves and come away with a “W”.
Gray Dawg
October 5th, 2009
4:35 pm
St. Simons: Do you have a mental disability?
F-105 Thunderchief
October 5th, 2009
4:35 pm
Good, you can make it up to us by awarding us the 13-12 win. Oh, and, uh, void all of LSU, Alabama, Auburn and Florida’s wins this season. Yeah, that ought to make up for it. Well, that and free Coke and Varsity dogs at the SEC championship game. And Mississippi State has to kick off from their goal line throughout the title game. That’ll do it. Thanks.
Tom
October 5th, 2009
4:35 pm
Rogers Redding is the NCAA Football Rules Committee’s secretary-rules editor and also serves as the Southeastern Conference’s coordinator of officials. In his role with the NCAA, Redding is responsible for writing, editing and updating the NCAA Football Rules and providing interpretations and guidance when necessary. Redding was previously a Division I referee from 1988 to 2008, including three National Championship Games and one SEC Championship. Rogers recently retired from a distinguished career as a college professor and administrator.
Sautee Dawg
October 5th, 2009
4:37 pm
Top Dawg
The kick off has to go out of bounds beyond LSU 40 yard line. Anywhere past that and they get the ball on the 40.
That was my comment this morning. Fabris and his directional kick, we usually kick one out of bounds every game. That would have been my call instead of what happened.
UGAfans=lozers
October 5th, 2009
4:38 pm
Waaaahhhh! Waaaahhhhhh! We’re UGA. We’re the greatest team ever. We only lose if the refs helo the other team! Wahhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Prepare for a lot of “referee help” you losers…..can’t wait to watch your season go down the tubes!!!!
over rated !!!
October 5th, 2009
4:38 pm
dogs will lose until they pull their hands out of their pockets and wrap them around the ball carrier. how can you be a 4 or 5 star player and not know how to tackle.
Troof
October 5th, 2009
4:39 pm
UGA is an undisciplined and poorly coached team. That is fact.
If the OC and DC stink then let’s ask who hired them? Exactly.
Wasn’t the 45 – 42 debacle enough last year to get someone fired and yet nothing happened? Where’s the accountability?
I guarantee you if that kind of poor showing would have happened to Saban or Meyer the DC would have been fired, his belongings taken out and set fire to, and his dog would have been shot. But not good ol’ Saint Mark. Did Willie get a raise?
On a plus note, hats off to former UGA coach Neil Callaway. Gets the win over USM for the first time in school history.
Bogotay
October 5th, 2009
4:40 pm
Anybody thinks that call didn’t change the outcome is ignorant. Every phase of the game was played differently because of change in field position from that penalty. Sure there needs to be limits on calling attention, acting like monkeys, etc….BUT, the penalty is TOO subjective and has totally gotten away from its original intention.
gatorboy
October 5th, 2009
4:40 pm
I guess it is the officals fault that GA defense could not tackle on the kick off (holiday ran it for 40 yeards) and three defenders could not stop one guy!
Keep crying……
Bogotay
October 5th, 2009
4:41 pm
and by the way, why am I here? Thought you needed someone to kick into the end zone.
DBalcer
October 5th, 2009
4:41 pm
Glad to see that acknowledgment, but unfortunately the call can’t be taken back. I agree I don’t understand how we are out of the rankings yet OU lost to an unranked team and is still ranked.
Tim Rupert
October 5th, 2009
4:41 pm
Tom and every other fan who thinks that Scott had such a great td run. Guess yall missed the lsu o-lineman’s tackle of Rennie Curran on that play. The qualified SEC officals did. (See the reverse angle of the play just after the announcer states ) ”They completly blocked Rennie Curran out of the play, you never see that”
Good news, sounds like you’re qualified to be a SEC offical.
animaldr
October 5th, 2009
4:41 pm
So… If Richt had coached H. Walker- when would he have played? Game 1, Game 5, or after a redshirt? Richard Samuel needs to be moved to fullback, then if he could catch- what would that pass to the fullback look like? With his speed and only a linebacker to beat. But I guess we will never know.
JoeFann
October 5th, 2009
4:42 pm
TopDawg–One of the options on a free kick out of bounds is to take it a certain number of yards from where it was kicked. Since we kicked from 15 yards back, they would have gotten the ball 15 yards further, at UGA’s 45–if they’ve been getting the ball on the 40. Somehow, that sounds like the pro rule, as they kick from the 30. In high school, the rule is 25 yards from the spot of the kick (usually the 40, placing the ball on the 35.) I think college may be the same, but I don’t remember where they kick from or where the kick OOB has been placed.
AltamahaDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:42 pm
The phantom “seeing ” of the excessive celebration was a make-up call for “not seeing” the LSU player’s foot on the endzone line when he batted the ball to down it inside the G-5.
William Conrad as Frank Cannon - Tonight's Episode " Apology Not Accepted"
October 5th, 2009
4:43 pm
Now its too late but we really tried to make it!
Bogotay
October 5th, 2009
4:43 pm
gatorboy,
Your holiness, TT does more of a celebration every time UF scores, so STFU.
Whine and Cheese
October 5th, 2009
4:43 pm
I know one way the refs could make it up to thUGA. The next time LSU scores a TD they can call the exact same penalty on them and mark it off the exact same yardage.
No wait … never mind.
M. Richt
October 5th, 2009
4:44 pm
I did want somebody to kick into the end zone Bogotay, but my boss, John Fabris won’t allow it. He thinks directional short kicks are a fun challenge.
William Conrad as Frank Cannon - Tonight's Episode " Apology Not Accepted"
October 5th, 2009
4:44 pm
So now its too late but we really tried to make it!
AltamahaDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
Troof, the accountability is with the head coach who took it squarly and publically for not letting the team practice live tackling after about week 5 of the season. And both Saban and Meyers had very similar outings just a couple of years ago, and YES they put up with it.
S
October 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
What I love about this the most is that this whole thing is Mark Richt’s fault. If he hadn’t let his team do the crap it did in 2007 vs FL then he wouldn’t have this problem. Seriously, what a bunch of babies. How about cover a kickoff? Do you not think CS would have run the additional 15 yards to the end zone? Boohooooo.
Hey Animaldr
October 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
Since you have all of the answers, why don’t you apply for a coaching position? Let me guess, you never played sports past the elementary school level, right?
Albany Dawg
October 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
So does that mean that Mark Curles (head of the crew) and his band of idiots gets reprimanded in any way? How about fired? Curles (a GT graduate, none the less) is a disgrace. When he was shown as the white-cap, my brother turned to me and said, “…we are so screwed!…we’ve never won a game with this crew…” We grew up with him. Thanks, Mark! NOT!
Troof
October 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
Andy@4:30 – “Yet another decade will soon pass without a National Championship so I’m curious what Richt’s life expectancy as the head coach in Athens is…..”
Good question. Does he have incriminating pictures of the school president with UGA VII or something?
I mean, come on. 1980 was only 29 years ago. LULZ!
David Granger
October 5th, 2009
4:48 pm
According to the rule, as I understand it, it is a violation to point to the stands…which is considered “calling attention to oneself”. (It sure seems that a player might also be pointing to the stands to acknowledge and express appreciation for fan support…”I scored the TD, but this is YOUR touchdown, too”…but still: A rule is a rule. Fair enough.)
But what I don’t understand is that…if it is a violation to point to the stands and call attention to oneself…then why in hell is it not ALSO a violation to: (1.) Sack a QB and immediately do that “goose step stomp” down the field, or to (2.) Knock down a pass and get right in the receiver’s face and start shaking your head NO, or to (3.) Tackle a running back behind the line of scrimmage and stand over him, staring down at him, refusing to move and let the guy up, and…hell, a lot of other things, too…that players do in order to “call attention to oneself”.
Let’s call it all, and take the damn “punk” out of football.
over rated !!!
October 5th, 2009
4:48 pm
well we now know that losing the game was not the fault of the players….the ref should have retracted the call and ended the game early. not letting LSU have the ball. and that running back that ran over those GA players on his way to the end zone should have just handed the ball to any of Ga’s 11 players on the field allowing them to run for a touchdown. is that about right UGA FANS? Ga had their chances and blew them all.
Buddy Rae
October 5th, 2009
4:49 pm
Since Caleb broke his jaw Will BO BO use Carlton Thomas too?
TopDawg
October 5th, 2009
4:51 pm
JoeFann and Sautee Dawg, thanks for the attempt to explain the rule. If I am reading them right, it seems like there is still an unknown. Seems like it would have been something to consider when kicking off from your own 15 with a proven speedy returner on the other end. I have to believe the coaches thought of that, but who knows. I agree with the comments on the block (or tackle) made on Curran on the Scott TD run, but will not say that is what lost us the game.
Troof
October 5th, 2009
4:52 pm
@4:41 – “So… If Richt had coached H. Walker- when would he have played? Game 1, Game 5, or after a redshirt? ”
Depends on which “Herschel” personality would have been playing that game I guess. LULZ!
And which personality would have redshirted? Could another personality have received another RS? The possibilities are endless. Heck, he could have played this past Saturday at this rate!
Doggoneit
October 5th, 2009
4:54 pm
Yea – Maybe so – But what you bone-headed, dense, uga fans can’t seem to get through your tiny brains is that GA STILL HAD TO STOP LSU. Just to show the bias of the ajc – the writer of the article on the SEC officials stated: “The 15-yard penalty assessed on the ensuing kickoff, along with another five-yard penalty on Georgia for illegal formation on the kickoff, helped the Tigers start the next possession at the Bulldogs’ 38-yard line.” YEA – RIGHT – IT HELPED the Tigers start at UGA’d 38 – as if UGA’s pathetic kick-return team couldn’t stop LSU (I find it funny that LSU was able to stop UGA on their kick-return after LSU’s celebration penality). And if that were not enough, the RB for LSU would have still scored if he ran that play from LSU’s own 20.
SO GA fans – quit your gripping. There have been MANY of times that calls that were not right went your way – just look at the SC game where SC had a TD called back where the replay showed there was not a penality. So just eat your grits and shut-up.
Woof Woof Wah Wah
October 5th, 2009
4:56 pm
The inept tackling of a running back in yellow and white reminded me of another game in Athens just under a year ago.
No question the refs made a bad call. But their subsequent admission of error is like turning the knife in the back. I savor and relish the resulting Doggie whimpering.
To quote George C. Scott as Gen. Patton – “God help me, I do love it so.”
Charles Scott
October 5th, 2009
4:56 pm
Does anybody forget that after my game winning touchdown I too was flagged for excessive celebration for pointing at the sky?
uuugh...
October 5th, 2009
4:58 pm
Native…Branden Smith’s angle on Scott had their intersection happening 2 yards deep in the endzone. Maybe Smith takes that same angle and makes the tackle on the 13. They still have another play or two and could have kicked a field goal.
What makes college football better than pro football is the swings of emotion. It felt for a moment like we had stolen the momentum back from LSU and then the refs kicked us in the teeth. The emotion drops and we give up a huge return (not that this wouldn’t have happened anyway). Penalties have been a problem for us all year…you know the players have heard about it for weeks in practice. We finally make a great play and that elation is punctured and the air is let out of the team like a balloon. Then we go out on special teams expecting to screw up…and it happens.
Should we be more resiliant than to let one call affect our attitude? Yes, but Richt can’t seem to get them to play that way. Should we have even been in that situation? No if the offense does anything, ANYTHING, the first half maybe it doesn’t matter.
The fact is the refs admittedly now made a horrible call that ruined any momentum we gained by scoring the TD.
Keith Diller
October 5th, 2009
4:59 pm
Enter your comments here: I officiated football at the college and high school level for 40 years before retiring. I live in Florida and I am Ohio State fan, so no connection to Georgia-LSU. Lets face it, SEC officiating is by far the worst of any conference in the U.S. Everything is strictly by the book, with not have a lick of common sense, particularly in such situations as in the GA-LSU game. Too bad a none playing penalty played such a big part in the outcome of a great game.
Buddy Rae
October 5th, 2009
5:02 pm
Will we be able to dance at the Music City Bowl This year?
too much truth
October 5th, 2009
5:02 pm
Enter your comments here
AJ Green will not be a bulldog next year. This guy has got to be the best pass catcher in the NCAA this year. I dont know what the ref saw when he called that penalty that lost the game for them.
Tom
October 5th, 2009
5:03 pm
Pretty sure the placement of the ball after a KO out of bounds is 30 yards from the kick or 5 yards where the ball goes out, whichever is farther upfield.
Jawga Boy
October 5th, 2009
5:03 pm
Enter your comments here
Trouf , I saw that too. I was looking at Cox through the nocs and saw him looking at where he was going to throw the ball. And I don’t ever remember seeing a GQB doing that. Needs some coaching up me thinks. And Bobo capable of that.
Brad
October 5th, 2009
5:03 pm
Well, the Tigers got one, too. So no use whining about this. Fact is, under the same kickoff circumstances, LSU responded better.
LSU GA fan
October 5th, 2009
5:04 pm
The one thing GA and LSU fans did agree on after the game on… Beat UFTbow!
Tom
October 5th, 2009
5:08 pm
too much truth, AJ would have to declare hardship and petition the NFL to be draft-eligible prior to being 3 years removed from HS (usually juniors and redshirt sophomores)
One Tin Soldier Rides Away
October 5th, 2009
5:08 pm
F105, Alabama does a pretty good job on it’s own of having to foreit games.
Mikey
October 5th, 2009
5:09 pm
The point of this whole thing is that the rule is subjective and when enforced is supposed to be penal.
Kicking off from the 15 is penal, I dont care who you are.
Was it a bad call, yes.
Did it cost GA the game, no.
It didn’t help, but the call itself did not cost GA the game.
Muster more than 49 yards and one first down in 30 minutes of play and the whole conversation would be moot.
Sherman to the sea
October 5th, 2009
5:10 pm
Inconsistency from week to week. Offense plays well, defense is non-exsistent and vice versa. Play calling is imaginative one week and pure vanilla the next. UGA is becoming a creampuff on the SEC schedule. Hate to see it, but it’s happening. Cox really does not look off coverage and is only a servicealble QB who will win some but lose the big ones. Another frustrating year with great recruits but questionalble game preparation and coaching. Richt must surround himself with some assistants who know the game. PLEASE!!!!!
Les Miles
October 5th, 2009
5:10 pm
Now that my team has beaten UGA I can go on to Michigan next year
38 Yardline Dawg
October 5th, 2009
5:11 pm
Yes the call was wrong. Yes the rule should be changed. But yes, the better team won, everybody. We had 58 minutes to show that we were the better team and failed. With such sloppy play and bad coaching, we could easily be 0-5…with or without bad referees and penalties.
DawginLex
October 5th, 2009
5:13 pm
just wondering something:
After the TD and the penalty, we had to kick off from the 15. Could we have punted it like after a safety?
Just wondering. Butler could have boomed one high that would have resulted in a fair catch around the 35 or 40. A heck of a lot better than our 38.
Anybody know the rule?
Troof
October 5th, 2009
5:14 pm
LSU Freek is the man!
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/10/05/the-alphabetical-09-week-five/#more-12510
Cuz
October 5th, 2009
5:17 pm
If you think the Dawg fans are whining, go to the Knoxville Sentinel. The Vol fans are ready to send a come back home all is forgiven letter to Phat Phil.
45ACP
October 5th, 2009
5:17 pm
You wanna dance?
Hold on while I put my corn-rows up in a pony tail.
45ACP
October 5th, 2009
5:18 pm
Cuz – with the ESP.
This is getting weird….
Robert E. Lee
October 5th, 2009
5:18 pm
We love Tebow down in Gainesville. He is our leader. If he can’t play we have an All American quarterback who could have gone anywhere to play. The SEC will be seeing a lot of him the next three years. The point is if Florida’s offense puts up 21+ points they are going to win Saturday. LSU struggled all day against one of the poorest defenses in the SEC on Saturday putting up 20 points. They are not going to put up a lot of points against one of the best defenses in College Football. They are averaging 7 points allowed this year and if you say they have not played anyone I say this is the same defense from last year that held UGA to 10, Bama to 20, and Oklahoma to 13. And do you honestly think if UGA or almost any other team in football had played the same 4 teams they would be giving up an average of 7 points? No, absolutely not.
AltamahaDawg
October 5th, 2009
5:19 pm
Or with sloppy play and perfect coaching we could also easily be 5-0. We are somewhere in between bad and perfect it would seem.
Tom
October 5th, 2009
5:20 pm
Lex, yes it could’ve been punted (as any free kick can be), but I’ve seen it mentioned that the slight breeze was also in UGA’s face at that point. Not sure what kind of distance Butler would’ve gotten from the 15 (although if anyone could, he could!)
Remember, it wouldn’t have been like a punt where you have two gunners releasing at the snap from ~10 yds ahead of where the ball ends up getting kicked on a punt. If he was, in fact, able to get one 50 yards downfield I doubt it would’ve had enough hangtime to warrant a fair catch.
38 Yardline Dawg
October 5th, 2009
5:20 pm
Yes, kicking the ball out of bounds (on purpose, for a change) would have resulted in the ball being placed on the 35 yardline…much better than where they started the last drive. Of course, we still needed to keep tackling till the end of the game no matter what.
dawgfan
October 5th, 2009
5:22 pm
For those who say poor tackling on the Scott TD run at the end was the problem, I suggest you go back and look at Curran (#35) attempting to make the tackle with #53 of LSU blocking him in the back and holding onto his jersey. I know this happens all the time and is not called but those who say GA did not tackle need to take a closer look. Curran is the best tackler on the GA team. However, even he has trouble tackling when being tackled himself.
38 Yardline Dawg
October 5th, 2009
5:22 pm
AltamahaDawg, I take it that you’ve perfectly content with our coaching and play calling? How nice for you.
BullDawg Rick
October 5th, 2009
5:23 pm
Those refs need to be fired!! They blatiently gave the game to LSU.. The ref that threw the flag is a liar.. He said AJ went to the crowd.. The head review ref said he did not see AJ go towards the crowd.. This proves me correct & the refs & sec wanted 2 5-0 top 5 teams playing this week!! Players 18 – 23 are held accountable yet these old farts that control the game are NOT held accountable!!
38 Yardline Dawg
October 5th, 2009
5:26 pm
BTW dawgfan, Curran is the best and he may have been interferred with. And LSU did a nice job with the blocking on that play, too. But we lost containment and the corners and safeties were not in position to help the linebackers.
Buddy Rae
October 5th, 2009
5:26 pm
Hey Troof….. I tried to tell Markie boy to play purdy with Lesley the LSU FreeK!
EnjoyFootball
October 5th, 2009
5:28 pm
Lets see, without the official mistake we win the game. LSU drops to about 15 in the poles. We go up to about 10. As it stands we loose on a poor call and we drop out of the top 25. Sports writers can’t see past the end of the nose.