VolsRule
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Don't wanna hear anything from you about officials. Had there been reviews in the 90s our rivalry would have been A LOT different.
Well, I know the TSSAA isn’t supposed to let refs from high school do their hometown games, that they went to high school there. So, I know of a couple of refs that they won’t let them do. So, I take it that it needs to be the same way.
I seriously believe Bama hasn't. At the very least, not as much as everyone else. And before anyone brings up the nonsense that Bama is the most penalized team in the conference, that isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the context and impact of the calls. To disregard context is the same thing as saying JG and Peyton Manning are the same quarterback because they showed a graphic Saturday night that they had the same completion percentage. Context is EVERYTHING and Bama never gets game changing calls against them.
I think GT did this, didn't end well.Threaten to leave the conference unless an entire new officiating staff has been hired and assured there would be no bias. Vols to the ACC if you ask me. South Carolina should come with us as well. Hell anyone that's not named Bama, UGA and Florida might as well too.
Why not? If reviews are the future, then the whole damned thing should be subject at any time. A 'targeting' call should be reviewable and should also be allowed to be changed to the lesser charge of 'roughing the passer'. Do you want to get it right or not? Maybe the coaches should be allowed to challenge the calls, AND THE PENALTY itself like the one I mentioned. And that should be unlimited. If they are wrong, they lose a timeout, and when out of timeouts, lose 5 yards. It will sort itself out.The endless quest for fairness and perfection is just that....endless.
Human error is part of the deal. There is a certain amount, that while horrible, has to be tolerated, IMO.
We have just passed the tolerable point.
I would be willing to add review for some things if we end review for others.
There should not be a 10 minute review on whether or not a receiver caught a 2 yard pass on 1st and 10.
Sometimes the penalty is worth the crime. Pass interference for example. If you are about to be burned... tackle the guy. Period. There should be a reprieve mechanism on both sides though. As I said in the post above. The charge should be allowed to be reduced to a lesser crime. Or maybe we need some thugs at UT to take out opposing QBs like Bama has...."Look at it first" This is the problem, "overturning" a call is not what other officials like doing. They let the play stand and use the not enough evidence to over turn most times. As to targeting, medical, social, media, name it damnation or proof will hardly ever allow an overrule on a play that looks like the play in question. Our defender did have his head down, but what or how do you stop the guy from scoring. A catch 22 type play to me. DAMNED if you do and DAMNED if you don't.
We recruit NC and SC hard so why not go to the ACC. I’ve thought for years the deck was stacked against anyone not named Alabama in football or Kentucky in basketball. It might send a wakeup call to the SEC. There could be others who would follow suit.UT would do better in the ACC much better, and we would fit in quite nicely on the basketball side of things.
If Mizzou can join the SEC and West Virginia can join the Midwest flavored Big 12 we sure as heck could join the ACC half of our state is in the Eastern time zone along with bordering NC and Virginia.We recruit NC and SC hard so why not go to the ACC. I’ve thought for years the deck was stacked against anyone not named Alabama in football or Kentucky in basketball. It might send a wakeup call to the SEC. There could be others who would follow suit.
We are awful, they would say ok leave and then pick someone else upThreaten to leave the conference unless an entire new officiating staff has been hired and assured there would be no bias. Vols to the ACC if you ask me. South Carolina should come with us as well. Hell anyone that's not named Bama, UGA and Florida might as well too.
Lizard troll go away back to your troll hole. When you mention fla gators you feel like you need a shower.Do you seriously believe that everyone hasn’t gotten the short end of the stick with officials?
There used to be a running joke on Florida boards about the rankings for penalties per game and average yards penalized under Spurrier, Zook, and Urban at Florida compared to everywhere else they coached. You should see the numbers.
That South Carolina game that just was played, Florida got hosed the entire first half. I know. I know. The league office called and in the 2nd half, it got “fixed”.
When you get the short end of the stick, it sucks and I get it. But, this conspiracy stuff has gone too far. They’re just bad.
That said, we should demand better officiating (basketball too) for the league as it is bad most saturdays in a lot of league games.
Taylor laid on top of him for several seconds after hitting him. He then appeared to push him back down on the turf. The replay showed that the “shove” was minor but watching live it looked bad.
As bad as we’ve been lately, they may just call our bluff.Threaten to leave the conference unless an entire new officiating staff has been hired and assured there would be no bias. Vols to the ACC if you ask me. South Carolina should come with us as well. Hell anyone that's not named Bama, UGA and Florida might as well too.
You guys should play Bama every yearDo you seriously believe that everyone hasn’t gotten the short end of the stick with officials?
There used to be a running joke on Florida boards about the rankings for penalties per game and average yards penalized under Spurrier, Zook, and Urban at Florida compared to everywhere else they coached. You should see the numbers.
That South Carolina game that just was played, Florida got hosed the entire first half. I know. I know. The league office called and in the 2nd half, it got “fixed”.
When you get the short end of the stick, it sucks and I get it. But, this conspiracy stuff has gone too far. They’re just bad.
That said, we should demand better officiating (basketball too) for the league as it is bad most saturdays in a lot of league games.
How many times have you seen Bama go three quarters with no penalties only to get flagged six times in the fourth? After the game has been decided?I seriously believe Bama hasn't. At the very least, not as much as everyone else. And before anyone brings up the nonsense that Bama is the most penalized team in the conference, that isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the context and impact of the calls. To disregard context is the same thing as saying JG and Peyton Manning are the same quarterback because they showed a graphic Saturday night that they had the same completion percentage. Context is EVERYTHING and Bama never gets game changing calls against them.