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The Power Five => SEC => Topic started by: gymvol on December 03, 2023, 05:12:31 PM
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It seems the SEC is becoming the conference best known for referees cheating for certain teams. It's not what they call but what they fail to call against certain teams. How many times does it have to be pointed out before something is done about it?
Sankey and his entire staff need to be fired along with all the referees then move the commissioners office out of Birmingham.
Did Georgia get screwed by refs on suspect Alabama fourth-down conversion? (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/did-georgia-get-screwed-by-refs-on-suspect-alabama-fourth-down-conversion/ar-AA1kTZw1)
CBS analyst says refs blew call before halftime of Alabama-Georgia game (larrybrownsports.com) (https://larrybrownsports.com/college-football/cbs-gene-steratore-refs-call-alabama-georgia/624957)
SEC Referees Blatantly Help Alabama Cheat During Georgia Game - Game 7 (itsgame7.com) (https://itsgame7.com/sec-referees-blatantly-help-alabama-cheat-during-georgia-game/)
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Bama NEVER commits PI. Just know that.
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Bama NEVER commits PI. Just know that.
OR......OFFENSIVE holding
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I didn’t care about the GA vs Gump game and don’t care how the Refs screwed one or the other. Both of those POS teams get all of the favorable calls week after week so if one of them finally lost a game as a result of a bad call, eff’m. I don’t care.
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It isn't about either team winning or losing it's about the officiating in the SEC which is biased towards certain teams. But I was wrong it's no longer an embarrassment it's a disgrace that it continues, and no one does anything to stop it.
Do all the university chancellors, presidents or athletic directors have their heads in the sand? Do they not know how much the cheating cost their schools in revenue when the games are rigged.
Bowl games or possible championships are based on won loss records.
(https://i.imgur.com/ycb7uKf.png)
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I generally don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence, or subconscious bias.
I think if the SEC were going to blatantly cheat for a team, it would've been UGA. UGA had the guaranteed playoff spot, while Alabama winning did not guarantee the SEC a seat at the playoff table. UGA was the golden prize to be protected, so to speak.
Also, if there was a coordinated effort to cheat for Alabama, somebody would have to explain this year's Iron Bowl to me. The officiating was horrible.....in favor of Auburn. You won't often see me saying Alabama gets screwed on calls, but they sure were in that game.
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I do not post much here anymore but I have to respond to this thread. Does Alabama benefit sometimes from an erroneous call? Absolutely but so does everybody else. The only time Tennessee has beaten Alabama in 17 years was last years 17 penalty screw job in Knoxville. Alabama has been penalized more times than anybody else in the SEC for the last four years. Google it if you do not believe it. So, to contend that the SEC is conspiring in Alabama is absurd.
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lol, i love these type posts.
bama is among the most penalized teams in cfb and their opp are among the least. both in a penalties called and in penalty yards. when sorting for conference opp only, it just gets worse. and when looking at yds/pen it gets even worse.
so not only are the calling more pens with harsher penalties against bama, they calling fewer in favor of bama. it's been this way for years now.
it's not bias, though. bama has just been undisciplined for a few years now.
fwiw, tenn is right there alongside bama, so is uga. so, again, i'm not claiming bias.
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lol, i love these type posts.
bama is among the most penalized teams in cfb and their opp are among the least. both in a penalties called and in penalty yards. when sorting for conference opp only, it just gets worse. and when looking at yds/pen it gets even worse.
so not only are the calling more pens with harsher penalties against bama, they calling fewer in favor of bama. it's been this way for years now.
it's not bias, though. bama has just been undisciplined for a few years now.
fwiw, tenn is right there alongside bama, so is uga. so, again, i'm not claiming bias.
We had SEC refs in the Texas-Alabama game in Tuscaloosa and they definitely called Alabama for several more penalties. I agree, Alabama looked undisciplined at times during that game, which was quite surprising to me given Saban's reputation for expecting and exacting excellence.
Anyway, I tend to watch a few SEC games per year, and the ones I've seen, have all been MUCH more competently and more fairly judged, than any B12 game I've watched in the past 15 years.
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I think fans of each conference are certain their refs are the worst. People in various states are certain their drivers are the worst.
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I think the main reason for this is folks only notice drivers, referees, and offensive linemen when they do something bad. Whatever good may have happened is largely not notable.
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We had SEC refs in the Texas-Alabama game in Tuscaloosa and they definitely called Alabama for several more penalties. I agree, Alabama looked undisciplined at times during that game, which was quite surprising to me given Saban's reputation for expecting and exacting excellence.
Anyway, I tend to watch a few SEC games per year, and the ones I've seen, have all been MUCH more competently and more fairly judged, than any B12 game I've watched in the past 15 years.
ya this is much to do about nothing imo.
mike's post i also agree w/ - when calls are missed it's typically human error to blame not a conspiracy.
cowherd on his show once said that the sec pays more for refs than other leagues & that as a result the quality of officiating was actually higher in this league than others as a result - i did a quick google & couldn't find anything concrete to support or refute that claim but it's worth mentioning.
this is one of those issues that is usually viewed with a high degree of bias driven by the circumstance.