Alabama game officiating...

[volinthenorth]

I feel like this game was officiated against us even worse than Ole Miss, maybe in revenge? The plays I think were bogus are the ones where we got no review and normally we would have: their receiver stepped out and it wasn't looked at, twice their guy did not have forward motion beyond the LTG, wasn't looked at, and Hooker took a helmet to helmet, wasn't looked at. These days, such plays are almost always reviewed but it's like no one decided to do it for us so they just kept playing and went to the next down. Camera would've told a different story on all of those. What else did the zebras do against us?

 

[GAVol]

It didn’t matter.

 

[Orangeslice13]

It didn’t matter.

It’s not like Bama needs any help though.

 

[volinthenorth]

Of course those things matter. If the course of the game is changed earlier, the subsequent plays also change and the outcome is different.

 

[PNW Huskie]

Worse than Ole Missy?

 

[Aerie Vol]

It didn’t matter.

"We woulda won" isn't a proper metric. The guy who put his helmet crown under Hookers chin should have been ejected. End of statement. Consequences are irrelevant to the rules.

 

[chattavol420]

It really didn’t matter. Heupel called way too conservative of a game to win. Way too many between the tackle runs. Our passing game is really good but didn’t go to it enough. Also, I still can’t believe we punted on 4th and 1 from mid field while losing. That’s a gutless call. Players have to see confidence to believe they can win. They didn’t see that from their leader tinught

 

[volinthenorth]

Apart from whether anybody thinks it matters for the final outcome, what I think matters is simply cataloging unfair refereeing incidents. So let's just catalog those for the sake discussion in this thread.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

We all knew going in that any review or impartiality would be a moot point. The best thing to come out of Birmingham is I-20

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Sec gonna protect the top tier teams. If we can become one, we will get the bogus calls.

 

[Lovnrockytop]

Always blame the refs.. we got beat by a better team, they have way more depth and better players. But it is encouraging to see the product on the field. Stop crying about the refs every time we lose.

 

[rjd970]

It didn’t matter.

True, but damn, I feel like it is becoming too much to ask for fair officiating, and that is sad in a conference like the SEC.

 

[DonDiego]

It really didn’t matter. Heupel called way too conservative of a game to win. Way too many between the tackle runs. Our passing game is really good but didn’t go to it enough. Also, I still can’t believe we punted on 4th and 1 from mid field while losing. That’s a gutless call. Players have to see confidence to believe they can win. They didn’t see that from their leader tinught

We shoulda had you. That was the problem. Maybe he had a plan based on many hours of film review. It worked beautifully for three quarters. Then his three quarters of a team ran out of gas. Heupel is not the problem, he's the solution.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

What's new? Bama always gets the calls, always has.

 

[friVOLity]

What really killed me was that one of the only calls against Alabama in the first half - aside from the roughing the punter that they COULDN'T not call - was a false start for which the flag only came out as we were about to sack their QB 10 yards behind the LOS, (then he intentionally grounded to avoid the sack), thus saving them 5 yards AND a down. Maybe the false start actually happened, but we'll never know bc ESPN never showed replay on any of those calls - no slo-mo with players circled in yellow, etc - it was really pretty weird.

 

[XMR]

I don't say alot about officiating and nobody will/can say how a call/noncall would affect the outcome of a college football game but after the Ole miss game and then again tonight especially after the early crown of the helmet on Hooker's chin that was not called, hell they didn't even show a replay, I can't help but at least type this. We don't have the bodies to compete through the 4th quarter but if people other than TN fans can't see us coming it's gonna be a rude awaking. GBO.....

 

[DonDiego]

True, but damn, I feel like it is becoming too much to ask for fair officiating, and that is sad in a conference like the SEC.

It's hard to prove. It's not that officiating isn't fair, it's just that it's a little more fair for some than others. Sort of a George Orwell thing.

 

[wmcovol]

Most of the penalties Tenn had were pre snap. That’s on the players. I did see a missed target early on Hooker by a Bama defender. I noticed no review on the fumble in end zone until Heupel raised hell. This wasn’t as bad as the 2019 game screwing Homers crew gave us.

 

[Voltildeath1]

I feel like this game was officiated against us even worse than Ole Miss, maybe in revenge? The plays I think were bogus are the ones where we got no review and normally we would have: their receiver stepped out and it wasn't looked at, twice their guy did not have forward motion beyond the LTG, wasn't looked at, and Hooker took a helmet to helmet, wasn't looked at. These days, such plays are almost always reviewed but it's like no one decided to do it for us so they just kept playing and went to the next down. Camera would've told a different story on all of those. What else did the zebras do against us?

 

[JoAllan]

I don’t think it was worse.

That Tennessee strip and TD run………..nah, was way worse than anything in the Bama game.

And I think Bama clearly fumbled and Tennessee recovered……..but Bama was awarded a TD…….but I still think some of the Mississippi stuff was worse.

 

[Voltildeath1]

Good grief, stop it. It did not matter. Bama played poorly and still beat us by a bunch.

 

[CLCVol]

We all knew going in that any review or impartiality would be a moot point. The best thing to come out of Birmingham is I-20

My cousin would argue it's I-65

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

Good grief, stop it. It did not matter. Bama played poorly and still beat us by a bunch.

Wrong. Alabama didn’t play poorly. Tennessee played great. We just ran out of gas.

 

[CAVPUT]

It really didn’t matter. Heupel called way too conservative of a game to win. Way too many between the tackle runs. Our passing game is really good but didn’t go to it enough. Also, I still can’t believe we punted on 4th and 1 from mid field while losing. That’s a gutless call. Players have to see confidence to believe they can win. They didn’t see that from their leader tinught

Heupel had his hands tied to a degree tonight. Hooker is maybe 70%. Evans shouldn't have stepped on the field tonight. Mayes replacement is a huge liability. Small was limping. Whitehead didn't play at all. The list goes on. Know fans don't want to hear it, but that really limits what you want to do and changes your thought process and play calling. This wasn't UAB in Knoxville. It was bama on the road.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

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