What's worse?

[Fogdog]

...an official not calling something that clearly happened, or an official imagining something that didn't happen?

The latter is clearly more rare....but it happens and makes me 17'n CRAZY!!! Ex: fumble for 6 against Auburn. Official decided there was an incomplete pass that never occurred.

 

[bulldognation]

I can think of something worse than that...
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[Southern Law Dawg]

...an official not calling something that clearly happened, or an official imagining something that didn't happen?

The latter is clearly more rare....but it happens and makes me 17'n CRAZY!!! Ex: fumble for 6 against Auburn. Official decided there was an incomplete pass that never occurred.

It's the second and it isn't even close. You can at least give them the benefit of the doubt with the missed calls with bad angles or just flat missing it in the speed of the game. The second is inexcusable.

 

[FQDawg]

The second is why I don't watch college basketball anymore. Almost every call is something the ref thinks is going to happen.

 

[drt7891]

To answer your question, calling something you don't see is a lot worse than missing something that is there. Always.

I admit that the official missed the incomplete pass/fumble. He obviously thought he saw something because the philosophy should have been "when in doubt, it's a fumble, then use replay to correct." Don't take a play away from a team with your whistle EVER. Also another thing that pissed me off is the clock review in the La Tech game that gave them a chance to line up and kick a field goal right before half. But if we are honest, those two things have been the most egregious things to have happen in years.

As a whole, SEC officiating has gotten a lot better in the last 10 years. Replay has done a good job of making crews more accountable. We can disagree on what is and isn't holding, but I'd much rather have a crew this year call a game than one from 10 years ago.