SEC Refs

[messageboardsuperhero]

Watching the Clemson v. Notre Dame game now, which is being officiated by an SEC crew. It’s frustrating when people claim conspiracy, bias, and crooked refs because those statements only distract from the real issue that needs to be addressed...

SEC officials are 17ing terrible. Totally incompetent. They are not biased. They do not intentionally blow calls to favor certain teams (although Bama does have a lot of stuff go their way). The product that the SEC puts on the field from an officiating standpoint is just not acceptable.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Anybody that buys this is FOS!

 

[TBone.sixpack]

I think they are biased as 17.

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

They may be bad but they are definitely biased. Bama is to be protected no matter what. This has been going on forever but now with all games on tv along with instant replay and close up views of the action it is move visible / obvious to those watching the games. When you see the replay of some specific play and notice 2 Alabama lineman holding right in front of the Refs and nothing called, And then you see a replay where no pass interference was called, and then you see a replay where they lined up offsides, etc,etc, etc, you start to get the idea. As someone described it awhile back, it is death by 1000 cuts. Over the course of a 60 minute game the no calls on Bama fouls and the phantom and ticky tack calls on the opposition takes a toll. No, those SEC Refs know exactly what they are doing.

 

[Ranchdawg]

Absolutely right, how many flags did Bummer get during our game not to mention the fumble and TD called back. Anyone that thinks you can play a fair game against Bummer with SEC refs is smoking something and shooting up with something else.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

One flag, a kickoff out of bounds.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

I'd seriously like to know how many subjective-type penalties (not including ones refs have to call like false starts, kick off out of bounds, etc) get called on Bama and how it compares with the rest of the NCAA.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

You change Bama’s uniforms to STATE
And we would have a Fumble
A TD called back
And about 5 holding calls

God I HATE these mother 17ers

 

[anon1787432961]

They are both incompetent and biased and paid on the side.

Remember. It's invitation only to get in the SEC ref idiot party.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Your point is further proven during the Alabama game last night. Alabama started falling to pieces when they started getting flagged for **** they never get called for by the SEC. It was very similar to the Kentucky game for us this season. Once we got the first ticky-tack flag we just kept compounding it.

 

[Dawgzilla]

If all of you actually believe that the refs are intentionally favoring Bama, then why do you even bother watching the games? No one wants to see a rigged competition.

And that is precisely why there couldn't possibly be a widespread conspiracy. There is too much money on the line in this sport, and all that money would dry up in a hurry if the word ever got out that the games were rigged, and several men would probably go to prison. Plus, the SEC is not going to lose any money whenever Bama loses a few games. It is still the best conference, and will continue to put multiple teams in the New Years 6 and the playoffs.

I guess it is possible that individual refs could get a payout either by gamblers or just by boosters, but even that could not continue on a frequent basis. The SEC office would figure it out if it happened too often, and then they would be facing the same problems laid out above it it were allowed to continue.

Alabama does seem to get an inordinate number of controversial calls that go their way, but that alone does not prove the refs are intentionally biased.