SEC Says Play Was Unreviewable

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So, maybe the SEC should get better quality officials. The ref blew the call saying his knee was down, anyway. Would the SEC have come out and said that this morning if the play were not reviewed?
 
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You could clearly see the ref raise his hand and blow the whistle. Why he did it I don't know. I'm just glad UT wasn't penalized by the faulty whistle.

I thought all scoring plays were reviewed? Or is that just in the NFL?
 
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It was certainly the wrong call on the field...

According to the rules...it was wrong to review/overturn it...

My Momma always said "2 wrongs don't make a RIGHT..."

She was WRONG!
 
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Godfatha said:
So, maybe the SEC should get better quality officials. The ref blew the call saying his knee was down, anyway. Would the SEC have come out and said that this morning if the play were not reviewed?
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People been saying for years that the refs in the SEC are bad. But their should be no griping by Vandy. It was OT and after the int we would have to ball anyways.
 
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I'd have more sympathy for Vandy if the whistle blew immediately at the time of the pic. Gordon was long gone, as well as any chance of Vandy catching him when the whistle blew.
 
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Boca Vol said:
You could clearly see the ref raise his hand and blow the whistle. Why he did it I don't know. I'm just glad UT wasn't penalized by the faulty whistle.

I thought all scoring plays were reviewed? Or is that just in the NFL?
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You could hear the whistle clear as day on the broadcast too. When Dooley blew up, you could tell that someone told him it was unreviewable. Then the refs concocted the "there was no whistle" lie to cover up their obvious mistake. It was the right thing to do.
 
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Yeah they didnt say anything about the bad call the ref made,just that it was not to be reviewed,at least it went our way this time.
 
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in the end, justice was done. the touchdown deserved to count.

however, it's about damn time someone at the league office do something about officiating.

people need to get fired. the man who blew the whistle and then had the head referee claim the whistle was never blown needs to explain why he lied. you can't have officials who don't know the rules and you can't have officials making stuff up as they go along.

if players and coaches have to face the media, so should officials. that's another thing that should happen.
 
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99gator said:
in the end, justice was done. the touchdown deserved to count.

however, it's about damn time someone at the league office do something about officiating.

people need to get fired. the man who blew the whistle and then had the head referee claim the whistle was never blown needs to explain why he lied. you can't have officials who don't know the rules and you can't have officials making stuff up as they go along.

if players and coaches have to face the media, so should officials. that's another thing that should happen.
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The ref who blew the whistle probably thought the kid's knee touched. It could happen. "Fog of war" and all that.

Then the jumbotron and ESPN showed the whole world that it was clearly a bad call, and there wasn't even room for doubt or disagreement.

So, none of that is all that confusing.

I thing it's also pretty obvious why the guys decided to lie to circumvent the rule, and you don't need to ask them.

The person who has something interesting to say is Mike Slive. What disciplinary action should (or shouldn't) be taken?
 
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Get over it. TN actually picked the ball and returned for 6 without hitting the ground. So we ended the game with the proper result. Even the SEC stament says that. / thread
 
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Not sure why it wasn't reviewable. They might have reviewed it to make sure ball didn't hit the ground and it was indeed an interception. I don't care if the ref blew the whistle or not, which he did, seems reviewable. Just so happens, the review showed it was an INT and also a pick 6 since Gordon's knee never touched. Ref screw up by being whistle happy.
 
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Boca Vol said:
You could clearly see the ref raise his hand and blow the whistle. Why he did it I don't know. I'm just glad UT wasn't penalized by the faulty whistle.

I thought all scoring plays were reviewed? Or is that just in the NFL?
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In college, all plays are reviewed in the booth. They call down to the officials on the field if a play is questionable.
 
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VolsFanRJ said:
Not sure why it wasn't reviewable. They might have reviewed it to make sure ball didn't hit the ground and it was indeed an interception. I don't care if the ref blew the whistle or not, which he did, seems reviewable. Just so happens, the review showed it was an INT and also a pick 6 since Gordon's knee never touched. Ref screw up by being whistle happy.
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It is not reviewable because an official whistling a play dead is a non-reviewable call. If the official blows his whistle, the play is dead where and when he blew his whistle, for better or worse. It was clear when the play happened, and again in the replays, that the official blew his whistle and raised his hand to mark the field position where he believed Gordon's knee touched.

The proper thing would have been to not have blown the whistle and let it play out because you can review whether a knee touched the ground after the fact. After review, the officials would have determined that the runner's knee did not touch and he was not down. The TD would have stood and there would be no controversy.
 
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shyster said:
I'd have more sympathy for Vandy if the whistle blew immediately at the time of the pic. Gordon was long gone, as well as any chance of Vandy catching him when the whistle blew.
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Exactly he scores 100 out of a 100 times whether or not the whistle blew is irrelevant in this case and take it for what it's worth but I'd feel the same if it was the other way around.
 
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When I am reminded of how bad the SEC officials are I make my self feel better by remembering the Big 10 officials during bowl season last season. That was bad.
 
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cncchris33 said:
It is not reviewable because an official whistling a play dead is a non-reviewable call. If the official blows his whistle, the play is dead where and when he blew his whistle, for better or worse. It was clear when the play happened, and again in the replays, that the official blew his whistle and raised his hand to mark the field position where he believed Gordon's knee touched.

The proper thing would have been to not have blown the whistle and let it play out because you can review whether a knee touched the ground after the fact. After review, the officials would have determined that the runner's knee did not touch and he was not down. The TD would have stood and there would be no controversy.
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+1. Absolutely concur.
 
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