Video of Florida's Controversial Field Goal (As Play Clock Expired)

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Video of the controversial field goal here:

I must have missed this during the game but after watching the replay it's pretty clear the zebras cut Florida some slack there, same as they did against Kentucky this year in their OT win.

Also yes I realize we shot ourselves in the foot one too many times Saturday for this to matter, but when looking it from an officiating standpoint the line between negligence, complacency and downright criminal activity are becoming increasingly blurred.

Some interesting comments the Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby made this July come to mind when looking at cheating in the NCAA. Makes you wonder how deep the rule bending really goes, especially in regard to officiating. We know it goes on off the field so it is not crazy to assume it's happening on the field, too. Bowlsby kind of puts things into perspective for me. Are we really to expect that the NCAA really has little fire power here or is this the reality of the situation? Bowlsby seems like he has a pretty good grasp of what's really going on but his outlook (which is realistic IMO) is pretty bleak if you ask me.


"Enforcement is broken," Bowlsby said. "The infractions committee hasn't had a hearing in almost a year, and I think it's not an understatement to say that cheating pays presently.

"If you seek to conspire to certainly bend the rules, you can do it successfully and probably not get caught in most occasions. So we need to get Jon Duncan some help and support."

Duncan is the NCAA's vice president for enforcement.

"I don't think it's rampant, I don't think that at all," Bowlsby said of cheating. "I think our coaches and programs are of high integrity, and I don't have any concerns on a local basis.

"But I think those that conspire to do things that are intended to get around the rules have less resistance to it now than they (had). They've gotten very sophisticated. It's easy to move money around. There are lots of people outside of universities that are handling things, and they can't be compelled to testify even if they get caught.

"Absent (the power of subpoena), you can't compel anybody to participate in an investigation.

"(The NCAA) is in the battle with a BB gun in their hands, and they're fighting howitzers."
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More comments from B12 Commissioner here:
 
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3 people I have no respect for and believe they'll get what they deserve in the end.... Liars, cheaters and thieves. No use for 'em at all!
 
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FEARinSEC said:
3 people I have no respect for and believe they'll get what they deserve in the end.... Liars, cheaters and thieves. No use for 'em at all!
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I really don't think there was a conspiracy Saturday just a sloppy football game between 2 bad football teams.
 
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That field goal would not of even mattered if the offense scored 1 TD and 2 FGs instead of 3 field goals. this game should of never been close. All this clock stuff is to try to ease the pain. Tn did not get screwed by the refs. They got screwed by having an inept OC,OLC.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
I really don't think there was a conspiracy Saturday just a sloppy football game between 2 bad football teams.
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Still doesn't change, at the very least, the kick should have been re-done 5 yards further back.

Between the non holding calls at OK, the facemask no call at Ole Miss, UF getting an extra second on critical plays two games in a row, etc, etc...something is amiss.

UF probably still would have made the kick and UT still lost, but it is legit criticism the officials screwed up.
 
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Hey, Vandy grad Al Matthews ... why didn't you throw the flag when there was a clear penalty on this kick?

And by the way, what about that fade to the corner to North with the FU guy all over him? I noticed the SEC network wouldn't even show a replay of that.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
I really don't think there was a conspiracy Saturday just a sloppy football game between 2 bad football teams.
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Oh, I agree with that. But you can't ignore how pitiful officiating has been this year. Not just for us, but all over. Makes you wonder if there isn't some money being handed around to change/alter the course of a game for an agenda? We do know that College football is big $$$ business and nothing would surprise me. Will definitely make the new playoff system more intriguing.

Guess I'm just a hopeless conspiracy theorist. :whistling:
 
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tnvols72 said:
That field goal would not of even mattered if the offense scored 1 TD and 2 FGs instead of 3 field goals. this game should of never been close. All this clock stuff is to try to ease the pain. Tn did not get screwed by the refs. They got screwed by having an inept OC,OLC.
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You mean an inept offensive line that wouldn't start for any other team in the SEC.
 
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Bad officiating is the norm in this conference. We should play well enough that the refs don't matter. My only complaint is I wish they'd take a small piece of the bazillion dollars they get from tv and hire some competent refs. That will only happen if the ADs get their act together.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
I really don't think there was a conspiracy Saturday just a sloppy football game between 2 bad football teams.
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tnvols72 said:
That field goal would not of even mattered if the offense scored 1 TD and 2 FGs instead of 3 field goals. this game should of never been close. All this clock stuff is to try to ease the pain. Tn did not get screwed by the refs. They got screwed by having an inept OC,OLC.
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How? You're saying there was :01 on the clock?
 
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This one hurt. Deep. Still does. Still bewildered by the play that turned a W into an L (Worley fumble). Still dumbfounded that we have not beaten Florida in a decade. But on topic, having been at the game..

It is possible that with a five yard penalty that Florida takes their kicker off the field and punts or goes. But from where I was sitting, that field goal would have been good from about another 10 yards back.

Give the UF kicker some credit- he crushed it. And knowing it would have easily been good from another five makes the sting of this one component of a terrible loss a little more palatable for me. That being said, it all still hurts. Losing sucks. Especially to UF. Again.
 
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volshogs said:
This one hurt. Deep. Still does. Still bewildered by the play that turned a W into an L (Worley fumble). Still dumbfounded that we have not beaten Florida in a decade. But on topic, having been at the game..

It is possible that with a five yard penalty that Florida takes their kicker off the field and punts or goes. But from where I was sitting, that field goal would have been good from about another 10 yards back.

Give the UF kicker some credit- he crushed it. And knowing it would have easily been good from another five makes the sting of this one component of a terrible loss a little more palatable for me. That being said, it all still hurts. Losing sucks. Especially to UF. Again.
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I think you are right, the outcome probably wouldn't have been different. However, it still should have been called, especially since it was so pivotal to the outcome. These officials are working in the SEC, it should be expected they get this stuff right.
 
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It's the way the officials call delay of game penalties, the SEC has stated that it wasn't delay of game, us whining about it just makes us look petty. The snap happened within a fraction of a second of the 0 on the clock, which is about the amount of time it takes for the ref to look and see if the ball is in motion.

On the play the clock hit 0, the ref looked for the ball while reaching for the flag, saw the ball in motion, so didn't throw the flag.

We gave the game away, stop blaming the refs
 
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rjd970 said:
I think you are right, the outcome probably wouldn't have been different. However, it still should have been called, especially since it was so pivotal to the outcome. These officials are working in the SEC, it should be expected they get this stuff right.
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The problem is that bad officiating is becoming the norm in big games during crucial, game-changing moments. At this point we expect that they are going to get something wrong. My grief is when the line between negligence and criminal activity becomes blurred. Are we to assume that the ref who has the sole job of blowing the whistle when the clock hits :00 is incapable of such a simple task? I mean, could it really be that hard? I don't think so. If our officials can't do that then they need to be fired or at the very least suspended, period.
 
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