John Cohen

[Pilgrimdawg]

This week is the perfect opportunity for John Cohen to prove that he deserves his IB title. He should launch a full scale assault on the SEC office Monday morning. I am not holding my breath though. If anyone does anything to defend us it will probably be Rosebowl.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Where is Tom Mars when we need him?

 

[dawgphd]

Won't happen. Trained by Stricklin. Answers to Keenum.

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

Hopefully some of our big money people will apply pressure in the right place if no action is taken. A meaningless apology from the SEC office is not acceptable this time.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

LT2

 

[Shamoan]

What would you have them do?

 

[HuskyBDawg]

If referees were on the take from gamblers, what would that look like on the field?

The university presidents of the Southeastern Conference had better get on top of this situation or else risk the complete loss of integrity in their sports programs. I'm not saying that anyone is involved with fixing games and point spreads, but I am saying that it would be indistinguishable from what we witnessed yesterday.

 

[tired]

Right. You can't distinguish the 2, but as long as no1 is raising hell, they don't care. Your image is always good until some1 says it's not.

 

[DancingRabbit]

Cohen has contacted the SEC office, per Steve.

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[was21]

Exactly

 

[MarkDallas]

I'm not saying that anyone is involved with fixing games and point spreads, but I am saying that it would be indistinguishable from what we witnessed yesterday.

I disagree. A much more likely scenario (for fixing) would be Alabama wins but doesn't cover the spread. So in that case, the refs would not be helping Alabama. They would help us keep it close but still lose. So if they wanted to do that they would have given us the TD and the fumble.

Fixing games so that Alabama wins and fixing games so that gamblers make money are different animals.

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

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This is an encouraging piece of news. I will be satisfied when the SEC office announces the termination of multiple Refs along with a change in Ref management within the SEC and a plan for oversight going forward. I am not holding my breath though. At least we did not just knuckle under and take it.

 

[thatsbaseball]

It would look just like it did late in the game when Bama was trying to score to beat the spread and the officials went completely blind to their offense holding .

 

[philduckworth]

It's not a conspiracy, it's just incompetence.

There were 3 fck ups on the fumble: the on field official, the replay official, and our coaching staff.

The phantom block in the back call was incompetence but I see how he could make that mistake. Also, dedrick shouldn't have thrown his hands up.

All of the other non calls or calls are just part of the game.