Article: SEC has an Officiating Problem

[GVol1966]

With technology we have today and the impact of bad calls the only excuse for the sh**show from officiating last night is that the SEC wants that. It would be easy to put a camera on the top of down markers to confirm what is happening on the line. It would be easy to set up a “monitoring” booth manned by reps from both schools and independent observers. Cops wear cameras, how about referees. After the third flop, play should have been stopped and coaches notified floppers were out for next 15 minutes of game clock. We are talking about a multi-million dollar business per game. Hire an independent, real time, review contractor.

All could be fixed. But you’re right, then it would be hard to influence the outcome.
Big 10 getting to much attention with all them top 10 teams. Got to keep the team with the Hiesman front runner relevant.

 

[allvol123]

SEC has an integrity problem.

 

[golfballs]

Lmao

 

[utvols74]

Get the SEC offices out of freaking Birmingham, Al for gods sake. Total impartialiy and bias there I tell ya

Been saying that since the mid-80s. I sincerely thought they'd move it to Atlanta when the SEC Champ Game went there.

 

[peerless98]

Here's my question about the TD being called back: If progress was stopped in that situation, why wasn't progress stopped on the play that resulted in the safety? It clearly wasn't ruled that way since the final ruling was intentional grounding not progress being stopped in the end zone. They blew the scoop and score call.

 

[norriscraftbasser]

I see basically the same replays they do but so so often they see something I don't believe is there. I'm 55 but I think I can count to four and make sure the down is correct. Then again maybe it's just me.

 

[MiramarVol]

Sankey was on the Sports Animal tonight, and he seemed to have no real comment other than, "The officials strive to get it right."

It's hard to say they are striving to get it right when the side judge is 15-20 yards back up the sideline and claiming the receiver was short of the line of gain.

 

[ETV]

SEC responded and said all was good.

My concern is this coming Saturday against Alabama. Will we win the game...probably not.

Don't be surprised if there's a point to be made by the SEC office, especially against UT after this past weekends fiasco. Excessively critical officiating is what I expect to see.

 

[txvol19]

It's hard to say they are striving to get it right when the side judge is 15-20 yards back up the sideline and claiming the receiver was short of the line of gain.

I agree, but it is not just SEC officials. The ACC crew that called the Pitt game also had the same issue of the side judge being 10-15 yards from the crucial missed spot in the red zone.

 

[Vols4life]

Until better officials are hired or looked at by the conference we are here.....there is a national shortage of officials in every sport no one is wanting to get out there and do the job....so we get stuck with who we're stuck with....the younger officials who join end up quitting because they don't like fans or coaches yelling at them.....it is what it is.....what we need is better replay officials instead of using old retired officials who haven't been on a field in over 10 years

 

[vols-1]

FYI...The SEC statement said Sunday. "It is not uncommon for officials that are not certain in real time of the status of a loose ball to let a play finish before gathering together to compare notes to correctly officiate the play. The officials huddled after the play and determined that forward progress had been stopped. Therefore, there was no fumble on the play,"

 

[utvolz98]

Sankey was on the Sports Animal tonight, and he seemed to have no real comment other than, "The officials strive to get it right."

He knows they are exposed, but can’t say it without implicating himself.

 

[utvolz98]

FYI...The SEC statement said Sunday. "It is not uncommon for officials that are not certain in real time of the status of a loose ball to let a play finish before gathering together to compare notes to correctly officiate the play. The officials huddled after the play and determined that forward progress had been stopped. Therefore, there was no fumble on the play,"

Well then, I guess the sack fumble is a thing of the past in the SEC. we should never see another one since it clearly doesn’t matter if the qb loses possession of the ball prior to a whistle blowing the play dead. Welcome to flag football!

 

[Stonewall83]

It’s almost like the government….

“We have investigated ourselves and have found zero wrongdoing”