Comments on: The SEC, its refs and the conspiracy theory: No sale, I say

By: derek

derek — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:45:54 +0000

Is it really that hard to say “lets throw the game for florida” or “lets throw it for alabama”???? are you kidding me? my 7 yr old nephew could come up with that “master plan”
how about the lsu interception against alabama with time running down where the defender had not one, but TWO feet in-bounds, how the heck could somebody miss that? that was outrageous

Just remember, if it wasn’t for 4 error thrown flags, UF and Bama would be two loss teams…

By: bill

bill — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:02:49 +0000

I am not a college official but I do work in high school and I know I can affect a game 15 points. Is a 41 28 score so different from a 28 to 27 score? Two well placed penalty flags or 3 or 4 seemingly unimportatnt flags on first down resulting in a first and 20 or 25 instead of second and 5 or even second and 10. If these are the only flags you throw in a game its pretty difficult to prove or even voice suspicion because it sounds like sour grapes. In basketball we have all seen a team on a big comeback get every call for a 5 or 6 minute stretch to even the score. Is 86 to 80 that different from 80 to 86. Three turnovers and basket conversions in a 24 minute game. Pretty thin difference.

By: bill

bill — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:53:19 +0000

Actually this goes on all the time. Usually as the season nears the end the teams in contention are given every chance to succeed. I have seen this happen many times in the big 12. A few years ago Missourri lost to Nebraska in one of the worst one sided called games I have ever seen. Nebraska was in national championship contention and Missouri was an up and comer. Nebraska was given that game which should have been won by Missourri by a touchdown. I am not a supporter of either of these teams but the bias was obvious. This pictured sequence was a terrible call and once again will have national championship consequences. Just like the fantom Notre Dame clip and 5th down that lead to Colorado’s sharing the national championship with Georgia Tech.
Officilas cannot save a team that is getting trounced like Oregon over USC but let that score be a three point game in LA and watch USC win every time. Remember noone gets too bent out of shape when the favorite wins. Only the fans get bent out of shape and they eventually go to some second rate bowl game and everyone in the conference shares the bowl money anyway so if Missouri loses and Nebraska plays in the Rose Bowl Missouri gets at least an extra million dollars to play with.

By: styles

styles — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:50 +0000

Not sure what’s going on but the SEC is protecting Bama/LSU/UF this year at all costs. It’s obvious that they are making sure a SEC team makes it to the NC game. This prob has to do with the new ESPN deal but the bias is getting ridiculous. So no matter what UGA does, “they” won’t allow UGA to beat UF b/c it would jepordize the NC opportunity for UF.

By: Sting 'em Buzz

Sting 'em Buzz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:56:20 +0000

Biff Dawg, I believe the requirement is for 4 players on each side of the kicker in college.

By: Jill Miller

Jill Miller — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:47:28 +0000

GO DAWGS!!!

By: Sting 'em Buzz

Sting 'em Buzz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:05:30 +0000

FYI, there is ONLY ONE referee in a game, count them, 1. He is the one wearing the white hat. We each have different positions on the field and only one of us is a referee. We are all football officials.

thank you

By: Dawg Tired

Dawg Tired — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:51:04 +0000

George C – Game can’t end on defensive foul. I think UT gets a do over. Of course, I could be wrong.

By: JaxDawg

JaxDawg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:20:09 +0000

I think a lot of people are missing the point as to how the cheating could work.
Obviously the refs can’t completely control the outcome of any game, however if it’s a tight game and the other team is looking as though they are about to take control of the game or get back into a game, it only takes one well timed flag to change the course of the game.

Just think about WHEN some of the flags occured and the influence each had on it’s respective game. Again the teams have to do their part, but they seem to get a boost when needed.

Again amazing people don’t think there’s any possiblity of anything shady happening even with Millions and Millions of $$$$ at stake.

Suppose the “Black Sox Scandal”, Tim Donaghy, Pete Rose, the Arizona St point shaving scandal, are all just imaginary “grassy knoll” incidents too. These people cheated and during the time before they were exposed everything appeared to be on the up and up, and the money involved was a FRACTION of the money we’re talking about now.
You don’t think there’s pressure on the SEC powers that be to insure top ranked teams for big time exposure and ratings now that they’ve signed over a BILLION DOLLARS worth of contracts with CBS & ESPN??!

By: GeorgeC

GeorgeC — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:54:23 +0000

The refs are not incompetent, and there is no conspiracy. They’re human, and they made a mistake. And am I correct in thinking that Lane Kiffin has no beef, since Cody’s infraction was post-possession? Tennessee’s kick was blocked, and they did not recover it.