No line judge?

[1TheCoach1]

I guess this was a simple overlook.

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Wonder what down that was Doesn't matter, refs are slowly ruining college football.

 

[1TheCoach1]

Wonder what down that was Doesn't matter, refs are slowly ruining college football.

That was on the JG hero play.

 

[Proud Army Wife]

That was on the JG hero play.

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[TennesseeTarheel]

That's not the only time they lined up offsides with no call.

 

[Proud Army Wife]

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$h!t <--- what I was trying to say

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Lol funny tho, guarantee soon as one of our I-linemen or defenders put a hand down at the wrong time, it would take all I've 0.2 seconds for a ref to blow a whistle and call false-start.

 

[DonDiego]

You gotta understand, the refs were there for one reason only, and it sure wasn't to make sure it was a fair game. They got what they wanted.

 

[westy]

It seems like lineman are lined up in the neutral zone a lot now. Not just college games but nfl also. Never seems to get called.

 

[jokerama]

The refs are ruining football..It will be unwatchable if they don’t take a step back

 

[BleedinOrange98]

hahaha seriously wtf

 

[butchna]

You gotta understand, the refs were there for one reason only, and it sure wasn't to make sure it was a fair game. They got what they wanted.

Made em work way harder than they were planning. Games with Bama have usually been over by the middle of the second quarter. Our Vols forced them to be creative.

 

[BearBryant]

I guess this was a simple overlook. View attachment 232638

I've watched this play several times now. Alabama was strictly trying to stop a QB sneak. Tennessee line-- Watch it the OL. Trey Smith the powers Alabama 10 yds into the endzone. A run off the left side would have been a walk in TD.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

I guess this was a simple overlook. View attachment 232638

Can’t say I’m surprised.

 

[Vol_til_I_die]

Had to have been a line judge there. He was probably blinded by the light show though.

 

[TJSVOLS]

I guess this was a simple overlook. View attachment 232638

And it happened all night. If you can stand to watch the game again ala did it a lot.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Wonder what down that was Doesn't matter, refs are slowly ruining college football.

Quickly. The cat is outta the bag after this game. Horrible officiating to the point it was criminal. CJP should get an attorney.

 

[golfballs]

The game was rigged. It wasn’t just a few calls that can be chalked up as incompetence. It was repeated and deliberate

 

[volnomnom]

The game was rigged. It wasn’t just a few calls that can be chalked up as incompetence. It was repeated and deliberate

I wholeheartedly agree with this, BUT as far as that picture of the infraction goes it really is hard to tell. The angle isn’t good and perspective can really trick the eye.

 

[Savannahbayvol]

I wholeheartedly agree with this, BUT as far as that picture of the infraction goes it really is hard to tell. The angle isn’t good and perspective can really trick the eye.

Check out his right hand and the distance of the ball from the goal. No doubt!

 

[RollerVol]

And it happened all night. If you can stand to watch the game again ala did it a lot.

I know what you mean...after I watched it again...it was twice as bad...the most egregious, one-sided, called game I've ever seen and I've seen a few...

GO BIG ORANGE...BEAT THE GAMECOCKS!

 

[madbamahater]

Wow, just wow! Blatantly offsides....

 

[bigorangepoppa]

I wholeheartedly agree with this, BUT as far as that picture of the infraction goes it really is hard to tell. The angle isn’t good and perspective can really trick the eye.

Went back and looked at the picture again, and yes, even considering the angle, he is clearly offsides, both his hand and his helmet. Easy call to make, but again, it was 'bama. Call should have been made, the touchdown taken away, half the distance penalty, and Tennessee still has possession.

 

[VolAmerican]

Must have made a rule change over the off-season with neutral zone infractions.

 

[boomvol]

Wow I haven't even seen this one yet.... unreal. I just hate seeing the refs making there presence known in a game. Usually, when there is a suspect call, you think "that was weird" but then move on because you realize the officials are human and may make a mistake every now and then....

However...

What happened Saturday more than raised some eyebrows. It wasn't just one odd call. Maurer's unpenalized concussion that mirrored To'oto'o's ejection last week, Taylor's penalty for simply playing football, the random unexplained stopping of the clock in the redzone when we lined up wildcat, uncalled Jennings pass interference, Bituli being ejected for unavoidable contact when Jeudy dove headfirst to the endzone, the "one second play" that bama had on their final drive of the half where the clock just didn't start, and now this blatant offsides that never should have been missed, it all just didn't add up. That's not even mentioning the countless penalties we accrued every time we sniffed the end zone.

I understand being an official is hard and there will be mistakes. It happens. No one expects perfection. But when the number one team in the country seems to be in danger at home with a big $ matchup vs LSU looming in a few weeks, we suddenly see this entire list of odd calls. I'm not one to say refs ever lose people games, and I don't even know if I would say that today. We didn't play perfect. But man, with that many unexplainably bad calls in one game.... it really makes you wonder.