SEC Refs: A serious problem.

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Why has no one been evaluated this year? Seems like they've gotten lazy on the job. We've had players injured (Tuttle). We've had multiple questionable targeting calls (Mosley). Derek Barnett probably goes through 6 jerseys a year the way he gets held every game.

Does anyone agree or am I just baffled by this?
 
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The refs are about the same as they've always been. It's just that with every game being broadcast, HDTV, and more cameras every mistake that they make is now being noticed.
 
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The refs have been pretty much the same this year as every other year. Every team has about equal complaints, except for maybe Duke, which means the refs are equally treating each team. The targeting call on Mosley is pretty consistent with the way the rule has been called around the league this year. They are erring on the side of extreme caution and I would not expect this to change any time soon. The Tuttle play was a cheap shot, but there are only so many refs that it's impossible to see everything, unlike watching plays over again with many angles and pausing. As for Barnett being held I can bet if you look st most top D ends all game they get held a lot. Holding calls are often made with the mindset of did it effect the play. Also I would bet that Barnett did go through more than 6 jerseys this year. Let's start with that we had 3 different jerseys, orange, white, and grey. Each player probably has 2 jerseys available to him each game, some players will even change into the new jersey at half if the first one is wet from sweat/rain. So there are at least 6 jerseys for any player. I would say that a jersey may only get used once or twice in a season since they want perfect jerseys for TV.
 
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Officials are evaluated weekly. The SEC officials are about as good as there are. They aren't perfect but at least try to be. Before every play was on TV from 300 different angles, a lot was un-noticed. Now, the scrutiny is continuous. If instant replay was around in 2000, Jabar Gaffney's missed catch would have been a missed catch!
 
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Officials are evaluated weekly. The SEC officials are about as good as there are. They aren't perfect but at least try to be. Before every play was on TV from 300 different angles, a lot was un-noticed. Now, the scrutiny is continuous. If instant replay was around in 2000, Jabar Gaffney's missed catch would have been a missed catch!

Agee with everything but the last sentence. Sometimes what looks like an obvious overturn get upheld.
 
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If instant replay was around in 2000, Jabar Gaffney's missed catch would have been a missed catch![/QUOTE]

That ridiculous call remains in my mind and will forever.
 
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The refs are about the same as they've always been. It's just that with every game being broadcast, HDTV, and more cameras every mistake that they make is now being noticed.

I think that's spot on. The game is faster and the cameras keep getting more numerous and better. The only way it improves is to add more officials or greatly expand the scope of replay. In not sure either makes the game better.
 
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Why has no one been evaluated this year? Seems like they've gotten lazy on the job. We've had players injured (Tuttle). We've had multiple questionable targeting calls (Mosley). Derek Barnett probably goes through 6 jerseys a year the way he gets held every game.

Does anyone agree or am I just baffled by this?

Well some fans from many teams always seem to think that their team is getting shafted by the refs.
 
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I think that's spot on. The game is faster and the cameras keep getting more numerous and better. The only way it improves is to add more officials or greatly expand the scope of replay. In not sure either makes the game better.

I'm actually in favor of less rules and just let them play.
 
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Ritters crew is about the only one I think is absolutely horrid. The others are pretty much par for the course.
 
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I'm actually in favor of less rules and just let them play.

Technology could get to the point that every hold, alignment, pass interference, and all other rules that have been adopted would be strictly enforced. But then there would be multiple violations on every play and the games would last 8 hours.

The human being refs and their judgements are just part of the game. They aren't perfect.
 
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At the game Saturday, a "gentleman" behind us was cursing at the refs for a call that they made and upheld on the big screen for all to see and he kept booing and cursing even after all those around knew the refs were correct and he was just, well...........

He also had a fit when we had to re-punt after our line wasn't set and they called it.......that was obvious to me and I have old eyes.

My 7 year old was just rolling her eyes at him.

I'm not sure if some of us see the calls through Orange colored glasses or Beer Goggles or both.

Fortunately for the Vols, the refs missed a VERY obvious hold/interference call against Martin early in the game Saturday.

I agree with many of the previous posters. If we had 20 refs and reviewed every down it might be more fair, but the games would be horrible to watch.
 
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If instant replay was around in 2000, Jabar Gaffney's missed catch would have been a missed catch!

That ridiculous call remains in my mind and will forever.[/QUOTE]

Everybody still complains about that non catch by Gaffney. I was always more upset with the fact that Tennessee just let Florida run through them for 91 yards in about a minute and a half like "ish through a tinhorn", to turn a phrase.
 
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If instant replay was around in 2000, Jabar Gaffney's missed catch would have been a missed catch!

That ridiculous call remains in my mind and will forever.[/QUOTE]

I can still recall all the liquor bottles being hurled from the student section into the UF section.
 

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