LOL! SEC statement on officiating....
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The whole thing sets a really bad precedent.
Wasn't the ball intercepted at the UGA 46 and returned to the UGA 9? Or is my brain broken. Statements says Texas' side of field.
So have any of you ever seen officials reverse their call like this on a PI? I didn’t realize PI was a reviewable call. That’s essentially what happened. You know the official saw the replay on the jumbo and went “oopsie”. There’s no way he just decided after the whistle that he made a huge mistake.
Yep. I'm not sure it's a reviewable play. I don't like the way they went about it. But they got the call right in the end. And UGA still won.
I thought it was a clear PI, but that's really beside the point. What was so bad was the way they overturned it. They called it, marked it, and then overturned it when the Texas fans threw things on the field.
That wasn’t PI. It was a terrible call but you stick with the terrible call and not change it five minutes later.
I have been out of pocket this week. Did the SEC release a statement this quickly after Kirby shoved MVB?
Just when I didn’t think the SEC officiating could get any more ridiculous, they go and prove me wrong.
I've seen flags picked up and penalties withdrawn before, but usually it is before the penalty is announced. I would like to know at what point the official decided he made a bad call? AFTER he told the head ref it was PI?
I'm not saying anything improper happened, but it is a bad look. If the ref reversed his call based on the replay, that's not proper. And if I has been one of those refs, all the stuff thrown on the field would make me want to stick with the original call, even if it was wrong.
I'm not saying anything improper happened, but it is a bad look. If the ref reversed his call based on the replay, that's not proper. And if I has been one of those refs, all the stuff thrown on the field would make me want to stick with the original call, even if it was wrong.
TX got the Miami treatment to keep more teams playoff worthy
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When a flag is picked up, a discussion occurs before they call the penalty and it normally means someone had a better angle and let the ref who threw the flag know there was no foul and it is announced that way. In this situation, they announced the PI, then came back and changed it.
I anyone can watch a Saturday of "college" football and afterwards feel like they know exactly what pass interference is anymore I wish they would tell me. It seems to have devolved to a "moving target" changing from play to play.....kinda like holding.
The only thing worse is trying to determine what a catch in the NFL is.
That explanation in and of itself speaks to how little that organization pays to detail. The SEC is successful despite itself.
So Texas is already en route to ruining the SEC, just like every other conference they’ve been a part of.
Who didn’t see that coming?*********
Who didn’t see that coming?*********
I've come to realize that most of our leaders are clowns & have gotten to where they are by corruption & fellatio.
The statement didn't address the fact that the "review" of the penalty took five minutes and, to the viewer, it appeared that the reason it was reviewed and overturned was because fans threw hundreds of water bottles and beer cans onto the field of play. As always, "impropriety or even the appearance of impropriety is not allowed". That's a rule for virtually any job anywhere.
That penalty is not reviewable by the off-site crew, but it can be discussed among the on-field officiating crew. But they, of course, review it on the large video boards while discussing. That's one negative of the super-sized HD video boards, but they're great for the fans to see replays, or if you have a bad seat, to even watch the game.
This is kind of beautiful. Not only are they gaslighting by omitting that a referee's decision was already made and announced, they don't even have the correct spot on the field. What a joke SEC officiating is.
Or targeting. The second targeting call last night looked like a textbook hit. I would have been proud of that hit.
It pisses me off when they call targeting on the defensive player when the offensive player lowers their head to create the helmet to helmet.
Officiating is equally competent or incompetent everywhere (however you view it). There’s a shortage for a reason, at all levels. Nobody wants to take that abuse.
Yeah, I would have probably thrown some **** on the field too if my team intercepted the ball, and then ran 37 yards in the wrong direction. Just wouldn’t be because of the refs.
^^this!
If they are truly concerned about safety (thus the targeting rule) they would make it applicable to the defense AND offense. They should just gradually move to no helmets. First, take away the facemask. Then move the helmets to just a soft shell, and the ultimately no helmet at all like rugby.
The SEC needs to publish a grade for each ref by Wed after than game. The head of officiating should have to hold a weekly press conference.
I watched the play and the replays and I still don't know how no. 17 for Ga could have made the tackle he got ejected for without lowering his head.
There have been many times where SEC officials appeared to be very "competent" in purposefully affecting the outcome of a football game though. I mean we've all seen Bama go what felt like 2 or 3 seasons in a row without a holding call.
The play was not reviewed. The officials can get together and talk about a play. They weren’t doing anything, since there was a stoppage of play due to debris on the field. In the crew meeting, it was decided that the flag was wrong. In the long run, Texas got the ball. Georgia had their little feelings hurt, but they won the game and KIRBY is gonna ‘get out his checkbook’ and pay the fine for comments after the game. Chris del Conti of Texas better get his checkbook out, too. Bad sportsmanship is a fine in the SEC, Big 12 fans.
So, because the UT fans threw debris onto the field, the refs were able to huddle and review the call, thereby rewarding the UT fans poor behavior.
I'm eager to see what the fine will be.
If the lead official announced the penalty, marked it off & set the ball, that play is over.
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