No SEC suspension for Bama’s Quinton Dial for hit on Aaron Murray
ATHENS – If Quinton Dial is going to receive any discipline for his illegal hit on Aaron Murray in the SEC Championship game, it’s not going to come from the SEC office.
That was the word Friday as the SEC sent out a short news release stating that it had reviewed several plays from the Dec. 1 matchup between Georgia and Alabama and that it would be leaving punishments decisions to the respective schools. In addition to Dial’s hit on Murray at the end of a first-half interception, Georgia’s Sheldon Dawson appears on video to be trying to gouge the eyes of Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner at the end of a kickoff return. Also, Bulldogs’ linebacker Alec Ogletree was flagged during the game for a “targeting” hit on Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron.
“The Southeastern Conference has completed its review of video from the 2012 SEC Football Championship Game. Several plays involving both teams were reviewed. After review, all subsequent action will be handled internally by the two institutions and the conference office is satisfied with their actions.”
Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity declined comment but said he would include a statement when the school sends out its own news release later today.
SEC coordinator of officials Steve Shaw told a Birmingham radio station earlier today that both schools took disciplinary action. He told a Birmingham newspaper on Dec. 3 that officials missed calling Dial for a personal foul during the game. Shaw hasn’t returned messages seeking comment from the AJC.
The 304-pound Dial led with his head and left his feet to hit Murray, who was out of the play, in the helmet and shoulder pads after Murray threw an interception in the second quarter of Alabama’s 32-28 win.
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Dawg1
December 14th, 2012
11:51 pm
League made a decision. Yall need to move on.
Good luck to the Tide vrs. ND.
Walt Lehner
December 15th, 2012
4:02 am
This is all bs. anyone who watched the game knows that AL was dirty the whole game. Never saw Ogletree or any other Dawg do anything dirty. Show us with some film you liars.
Frances
December 15th, 2012
6:58 am
Would the dawgs like some cheese with their whine?
What a big bunch of pathetic crybabies.
Rationale
December 15th, 2012
7:00 am
If you watch the video, at the end of it, you can see a referee come up from the left side of the play, and he was looking directly at the hit.
Jeff
December 15th, 2012
7:20 am
Leave it to Mike Slive. He always looks the other way when there is chance for his own glory. Auburn is a perfect example a couple of years ago. Everyone except the Auburn faithful and Mike Slive knew Auburn was dirty but Mike Slive was not going to let anything stand in the way of his chance to shine as the leader of the top conference even if it meant sacrificing integrity. The official caught the hit on the Bama QB because he immediately got up pleading with the ref for a flag. If Dial receives any punishment from Saban you can expect it to be similar to the Ohio State player punishment prior to the Arkansas Sugar Bowl. Bama will suspend him for one quarter of a game next year probably some FCS team. I hope that CMR will suspend his player if he is in fact guilty of dirty play. Not playing in the bowl game would be a good lesson for such play.
booger
December 15th, 2012
7:26 am
adebn
aaron's good remaining ear
December 15th, 2012
7:29 am
Getting clocked is part of the game, mutts.
Ogletree should of been suspended earlier in the game. He is a true head hunter.
aaron's good remaining ear
December 15th, 2012
7:31 am
That ref’s view was blocked by a mutt player in his line of sight. You can’t see every play.
dmr
December 15th, 2012
7:50 am
Let me first start by saying LogicalUS is an idiot. Georgia’s padded schedule? Look at Alabama’s overall schedule. Did not play Florida, South Carolina, or Georgia until SEC Title Game. The SEC WEST was awful this year. Auburn, Miss St., Ole Miss, Arkansas. Out of conference included Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, and Western Carolina. Even Michigan was mediocre at best. So before you slam Georgia’s schedule, look at this weak ass load.
Second, the hit Ogletree made on A.J. was a lot less aggregious than the hit Dial put on Murray. If Dial had been in the NFL, he would have been fined over $50k and suspended. It was chicken-sh*t. The hit, the no call of even a penalty…all of it
But you cannot be objective. Hell, you probably cannot spell objective.
Real Problem
December 15th, 2012
9:08 am
Marsellis Mutt, you are right….I have watched this play over and over again. Dial lead with his shoulder….was there helmet to helmet…..YES AND SHOULD have been a flag, no doubt. Dial was making a football play….first thing he did after contact was look where his DB that made the INT was. Hardly gloating on flattening our QB….. AND JUST WHERE DO WE POINT FINGERS WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO GOUGE OUT EYES.
farmerjoe
December 15th, 2012
9:23 am
Man you pup fans just can’t let go–every thirty yrs you play a game that means something, blow it and now can’t get past it. Continue to blame everything or everybody else instead of admitting you came up short, again. Man up, quit whining and we’ll see/hear you again in 2042
SuperB
December 15th, 2012
10:21 am
Dial’s cheap shot on Aaron Murray was the most flagrant one of the season. And right in front of the referee– who did nothing. it was a game changer. Should have been a 15-yard penalty. No gold stars for Referee Tom Ritter’s crew on this play.
Who cares if nothing is done now– the game was two weeks ago!
Say Whut
December 15th, 2012
10:23 am
farmerjoe– you are a moron! You must have gone to Alabama! Do you know Mike Shula?
SuperB
December 15th, 2012
10:26 am
Who won the SEC West in 2011? Who won the SEC East? This time, Alabama got lucky– since they couldn’t stop Aaron Murray on the last drive. And now they act like- well– like farmerjoe and the other idiots who should
1. Quit reading the AJC
2. Just read the Birn=mingham News
3. Get a life
J Hendrix
December 15th, 2012
10:34 am
Typical whining Gerogia fans, you cant admit you got your butt kicked. All you can do is make excuses and try to blame something or someone else. YOU GOT BEAT, SHUT UP AND MOVE ON
Myseven27
December 15th, 2012
10:36 am
Where is the outrage from dog fans about ogletree piledriving Godhigh 2 times in the Tech-georgia game!?
AJ
December 15th, 2012
10:36 am
SEC hypocracy at it’s finest………..protect the QB is the mission unless the offender happens to be a key cog on the Alabama Defense that’s playing for the National Championship……….way to go Slive!! Sabans punishment…………no second helping of mashed potatoes !!
Taco
December 15th, 2012
10:55 am
Buckle your chinstrap Tinkerbell. He almost turned your lights out. I love the hit. Pay Attention. Defend Yourself.
Taco
December 15th, 2012
10:57 am
UGA has as many Thugs as any school on earth so quit the crying. The crap I saw in the Tech game makes it all fine and dandy. I ain’t crying about that BS so shut up and put on your big boy pants.
lADELL N bama
December 15th, 2012
11:02 am
Hey Dwag fans, no use responding to the bama fans, i live in bama, they have not gotten out of bed yet from partying on meth mountain….
AdMan
December 15th, 2012
11:05 am
dmr….great post……. Alabama’s schedule this year was a joke…..the best teams this year were in the
SEC East….Bama’s schedule this year was a joke….Dial is nothing more than a punk….Saban should be ashamed for letting his actions go unpunished….but what do you expect….Sabans god’s give to college football….if you don’t think so just ask him!
Dawg back from Malta
December 15th, 2012
11:40 am
The Bear is gone/I mean Harvey Updyke…If UGA would’ve beat bama, UGA police would’ve had to have 24 hour surveillance on our hedges…I know I know…ifs and buts are like candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas!!
just sayin
December 15th, 2012
11:40 am
Good to know. The SEC is dominated by corruption. Time for someone to lose a knee over that no call.
just sayin
December 15th, 2012
11:41 am
@
@Myseven27
Where is the outrage from dog fans about ogletree piledriving Godhigh 2 times in the Tech-georgia game!?
You mean when he was running the ball. You damn idiot.
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:16 pm
TO All SEC TEAMS, TARGET ALABAMA’S QUARTERBACK DURING GAME ! Maybe then Alabama and sec will get message.
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
12:17 pm
just sayin……so you can’t get a personal foul when you hit a running back? Just Saying you are dumb and need to read a rule book.
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:20 pm
The non suspension is about money ! Plain and simple. The SEC was stupid to agree to the BCS crap. Only two SEC teams in the BCS bowls. UGA gets to go to another boring bowl game. Against the Big Ten. We can’t go out west anymore. Heck it will be awhile before we go to the Sugar. Once again no SEC team in the Sugar,
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:21 pm
Good luck to the Tide my ass !
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
12:21 pm
Arby………you don’t think UGa targets the other teams QB in every game? Wow you don’t know much about football do you? I think most teams all target the QB and sometimes the running backs and the wide receivers too. Who would try to take the other teams best players out of the game with a hit? Football isn’t supposed to be violent it is a sweet boys sport. Don’t you hurt my precious.
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:22 pm
They will call penalties on the tide in that game, you can bet on it!!!!
tom
December 15th, 2012
12:25 pm
This failure to hold yet another entitled athlete accountable for his poor decision reinforces the attitude of young kids who think they can get away with anything they want. No wonder so many of these guys are so screwed up. And Mike Slive and the SEC, you are responsible.
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:27 pm
If you call it both ways i don’t mind it all !!!! Alabama should not get a free ride!!
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:28 pm
Especially pass interference !!
Dawgfan
December 15th, 2012
12:38 pm
Dial should be suspended. The hit was a text book example of the rule itself. In light of this ruling the rule should be dropped since it is not applied fairly and without prejudice. Shame on te SEC!
Dawgfan
December 15th, 2012
12:41 pm
If Dial had been a Dawg player hitting cry baby Bama qb we would have seen an immediate ejection. You know it, I know, and the American people know it.
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
12:55 pm
only in your mind DWAGFAN………UGa players have done the same thing to other teams QBs but I have never read you CRY to have the UGa player suspended…………BEN JONES should have been suspended fo the Miss St hit and the Fairley gut punches. I didn’t hear you cry for that to happen did I?
Golf-One
December 15th, 2012
1:13 pm
In the Ga-GT game I saw some pretty bad hit on G.T.’s QB from Georgia players,Ogletree even hit washington out of bounds and got no call
So it is Ok for the dogs to hit late but not Bama
BzNuts
December 15th, 2012
1:52 pm
That is just one glaring example of how the refs tilted the game in Bama’s favor. It’s obvious to anyone that these refs are in the pocket of the mass media and at the direction of the SEC commissioner. It’s all about the money, period. This corruption is reaching Don King proportions.
SEC Fan
December 15th, 2012
2:05 pm
Dawg fans, get a life. I have never seen so many cry babies.What about the eye gouge? It goes on from EVERY football team there is. Continue living in your parents basement, wait double wides don’t have basements, continue living and whining in your parents outhouse!!! You got your a$$es whipped and the game shouldn’t have been that close. Bama took it to ya, live with it. Hope i’m alive in 32 more years to see UGA get another shot!!!
P.S. your coach is a cry baby also, don’t do the interview if you can’t handle the truthful questions!!!
kingdaddy
December 15th, 2012
2:12 pm
Why are the nerds always on the UGA blog??? Because their blog sucs so bad and there is never anything to read about tech. Who wants to talk about a bad team??? Nobody. That’s who nerds are, nobodies…
kingdaddy
December 15th, 2012
2:17 pm
SEC PHAN
Stop your crying already. You sound like a broken record. Try some Midol Lulu…
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
2:32 pm
KingDaddy we already post on the Tech blogs. It is funny to read some people crying about a play that is no better or worse than ones UGa players have done.
You traveling up this way for the holidays? Visiting mustang Sally’s parents?
DawgNole
December 15th, 2012
3:04 pm
Arby
December 15th, 2012
12:20 pm
Once again no SEC team in the Sugar.
________________
Is that so? Didn’t realize fla had dropped out of the league. Duh.
Johnny Vaught
December 15th, 2012
3:12 pm
It’s really sad that you Georgia homers couldn’t have done an analysis similar to what the Alabama papers did and put some pressure on Slive’s sorry ass .. http://mobile.al.com/advbirm/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=NLPyN69D&full=true#display
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
3:39 pm
Johnny Vaught…………great article.
The fact that you would think an AJC Reporter would do something more than a BLOG post to incite anger and generate blog hits is funny. You know Reporters are hard to find at the AJC. LOL especially Sports Reporters.
kingdaddy
December 15th, 2012
3:44 pm
This issue is like beating a dead horse, its not going to change a thing. Only a handful of Dawgs seem to even care. Most of us think it was a crappy call, but the refs usually miss calls in “every” game, this one was just on a bigger stage. We really do need more accountability from so-called “professional refs. I would watch game film on the ref that let Murrays hit slide because you will see he seemed biased. Refs must be neutral and consistant in calling a foul. Pass interference is a prime example of biased inconsistant calls. They let some obvious fouls slide and then call some questionable fouls. This happens in most games and needs to be addressed. Too much chance for abuse and bias…
Now move on…these articles are trying to make UGA fans look like they need an excuse for the loss. We don’t need an excuse, we gave up 30∅+ yards rushing. That’s the reason we lost.
Would the AJC/sports writers please move on to the Neb. Game??
kingdaddy
December 15th, 2012
3:52 pm
Smart
Mustang Sallys parents have passed on, we visit her nieces and nephews in Winder. Her sister just moved from Athens down here to Savannah by us. We will be up New Years to Party and watch football, oh yeah and did I mention Party, lol…
NCAA Official
December 15th, 2012
3:58 pm
SEC coordinator took the LOW road to protect the Alabama player in question for his obvious flagrant hit on Murray in the SEC championship game. He knows that Ala. is a money train and has a lot of say so in NCAA football. It is a know fact in the college officiating circuit, you mess with Alabama and Saban, you looking at a deciplinary notice from the SEC office. Saban bitches to the office more than all other coaches combined. Officials are told to do whatever it takes to keep him of their ass as much as possible.
You can blow me off all you want, but the fact is, I’m on the field at times; you really don’t know what we have to go through in a pre-game meeting and listen to the S___ that the crew chief has been told to tell us before an Alabama game.
Bottom line, where you want to believe it or not, officials have to turn their heads at much that goes on when Bama plays anybody, if you don’t, you will not be officiating anymore that year in that that conference; even more maybe never!
A known fact!
Buzz 2011
December 15th, 2012
4:16 pm
Whine, whine,whine… Dawgs lost, quit whining..
The Dawg Nation has choked again..Who will replace
little Murry?
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
4:19 pm
KingDaddy well have fun and be safe when you party up here.