Referees for the Samford game!

AGREED!!

 

Birmingham

 

The first one was not illegal, it was incidental contact while tackling.
The 2nd and 3rd should have been called

 

If you have not noticed until now the biased sec refs against gators I am shocked. conf affiliated refs is a huge problem. It needs to be fixed. Refs should not be paid by a conference. It is stupid

 

I would like rotating refs from other conferences... seems like a good idea. The SEC conference officials have been playing favorites for far too long.

 

People complain about basketball refs too and they’re not affiliated with conferences

 

I think we should do away with refs altogether. Just let the guys play.

 

It's almost like people are biased and project that bias to others. Also they like to complain.

 

I think bball refs control the game so much more, or at least as a fan it's easier to point to FT shots taken.

We aren't good enough on defense this year to get stops only to extend drives due to late hits and PIs. 3rd down penalties are the ones that kill you and we have already had 3-4 of those in 2 weeks?

 

I always figured bad calls usually evened out during the course of a contest and officiating crews were rarely the reason a team wins or loses: until 2003.
Instant replay was introduced to prevent outcomes in games like “The Swindle in the Swamp” from occurring but, it seems to me that bias from officiating crews is still happening too frequently. I don’t know how to prevent it but I do know certain coaches and fan bases constantly bellyache about the officiating. Mark Stoops is in the ref’s ears from opening kickoff to final whistle and Kentucky never seems to get “hosed” by officials when they play us.

 

To listen to some posters on the game threads (usually the same posters), EVERY official is out to get us and every game is as bad as The Swindle. Funny how the bad calls that favor us never are remembered.

Rule: When the bad officiating makes multiple national sports outlets like The Swindle did, it means far more than passionate fans having a persecution complex...

 

I thought they were not the best referees I have seen and they may have been giving the benefit of the doubt to the underdogs. Biased I didn’t see. Bad and inconsistent I did see.

 

Spurrier used to say refs made calls in favor of the lesser teams to try to even it out.

 

KY thinks they got hosed by the officials every time they lose.

 

Every fan base thinks the refs are against them.

 

At the end of the day, the refs will call what they see, not what they think they see. I’m all for them only calling what are obvious infractions, so long as it’s being done in a fair manner for both teams.

 

Except when they intentionally call fouls on the SEC team to keep them from the playoff. They have to no longer be paid by the conferences.

 

After two late hits against Florida, it was a little weird that Miami got away with this one ... on a play that KNOCKED THE QB OUT OF THE GAME:

ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting. When in question, it is a foul. ...

Note 1: "Targeting" means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball. Some indications of targeting (emphasis NCAA's) include but are not limited to:

• Launch-a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make forcible contact in the head or neck area
• A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area, even though one or both feet are still on the ground
• Leading with helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area
• Lowering the head before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet

 

What I would like to explore is when an SEC team plays another SEC team... during the season. Other conferences might feel compelled to do that too. But even still... some team will be favorites in the eyes of a human.