Arkansas was 1 - 10

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Officiating was very lopsided tonight. That phantom PF call against Perry and the blown offsides call that turned into motion call against us. I don't even think we should have gotten the targeting call. They missed an obvious defensive holding call on a 3rd down play too.

Funny thing is I don't think they were biased just clueless.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Prior to tonight Arkansas was averaging 5.6 penalties per game. Yes we declined 2 penalties but even with that is statistically improbable. Add in that an unranked team is playing a ranked team on the road and it makes it even more improbable.

Why do we need to decline a personal foul penalty anyways? Shouldn't that have been tacked on to the play?

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Just wait until next week.

Lol so true.

 

[JRich]

Auburn fans might argue with you - they got hosed at Oklahoma

Coincidentally, Auburn just got robbed of a TD on review. Unreal. He broke the plane.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Coincidentally, Auburn just got robbed of a TD on review. Unreal. He broke the plane.

He’s very clearly got a touchdown. We all saw it. Continues to amaze me how they get away with this ****.

 

[Special Ed]

Incompetence from an officiating crew is one thing, but malfeasance is a far worse problem that should be dealt with by the SEC.
But it won't be because Stankey either doesn't care or is sinister enough to actually enjoy the chaos it creates.

 

[Enigmatic_Vol]

Arkansas had 1 penalty for 10 yards all game. There were several key no calls or blatant bad calls. The snap infraction when Arkansas had jumped offsides was huge. Also the no call PI on Staley on a 3rd down killed our momentum.

Congratulations to the team for battling through adversity and bad officiating to get the win.

Auburn is getting screwed really bad right now. Absurd.

 

[FiremedicVOL127]

Seems like we play 2 teams every game, the opponent and the officiating crew!! It’s hard to beat both week in and week out!!!

 

[#1fulmerite]

Auburn fans might argue with you - they got hosed at Oklahoma

Getting hosed now but currently leading!

 

[#1fulmerite]

Coincidentally, Auburn just got robbed of a TD on review. Unreal. He broke the plane.

You know it’s bad when fans of other SEC schools call it out.

Just now, Georgia should have been flagged for spearing but nope, the SEC wants Bama and Georgia to be the top dogs, literally.

 

[ETSU VOL]

Question as this is a major problem for most teams in the SEC, what can or needs to be done to resolve our officiating issues? The SEC does not seem concerned so can the fans force a change with litigation or is our only weapon not watching or attending games?

 

[WillisWG]

Arkansas had 1 penalty for 10 yards all game. There were several key no calls or blatant bad calls. The snap infraction when Arkansas had jumped offsides was huge. Also the no call PI on Staley on a 3rd down killed our momentum.

Congratulations to the team for battling through adversity and bad officiating to get the win.

Actually had three, we declined two

 

[volfan2024]

Obviously refs cheated this game, total bias, imo.

 

[Volrocketman]

Why do we need to decline a personal foul penalty anyways? Shouldn't that have been tacked on to the play?

We didn’t decline a couple of those penalties - they were waved off because the play resulted in a change of possession to UT. The bigger question might be why aren’t those personal fouls carried over and added to the spot after the change of possession.

 

[Tnphil]

Just wait until next week.

We are 14 down before we get off the bus....

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

As Tony Basilio says, Heupel gets the worst “whistle” in the league. SEC refs have zero respect for him and no matter how he protests, they don’t care. It’s weird. Maybe the lay down lineman thing works against him.

 

[Big Al Orange]

Who has good refs in college football?

NAIA where there’s not much money bet on the games.

 

[VolDad1999]

After watching a few ACC games over the last two weeks, I believe that there needs to be a complete overhaul of the officiating in the Southeastern Conference with a more transparent accountability.

 

[HalfullVol]

SEC has the most corrupt refs in college football. Year in and year out.

Fixed your post

 

[volpadre]

Auburn fans might argue with you - they got hosed at Oklahoma

And at home against GA. Even commentators said goal line crossed then fumble

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

And multiple blatant holds. There’s no way that they played such a “clean” game. This crew was worse than Gomer’s and that’s saying something.

Is there a good reffing crew in college sports?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

NAIA where there’s not much money bet on the games.

I guarantee you those refs miss multiple holds a game just like the SEC ones do.

 

[Volfan574]

We had to beat Arkansas and the refs at Neyland. If we are competitive in Tuscaloosa the refs will do their thang.

 

[livefaith]

As Tony Basilio says, Heupel gets the worst “whistle” in the league. SEC refs have zero respect for him and no matter how he protests, they don’t care. It’s weird. Maybe the lay down lineman thing works against him.

I have no respect for the XP lineman crap. Needs to stop. Go Vols.

 

[Ernie McCracken]

We had to beat Arkansas and the refs at Neyland. If we are competitive in Tuscaloosa the refs will do their thang.

Agreed! Bama will get the breaks cause Vegas says so . Or Saban.....

GBO