How badly does the $EC want an undefeated team?
by HenryJames on Oct 20, 2009 7:58 AM CDT
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PrintApparently bad enough that conference officials are deciding the outcomes of games.
During undefeated LSU's game against Georgia on October 3rd, the officials incorrectly flagged Georgia with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after they took the lead with a little over a minute to play. LSU got the ball in good field position and scored with 33 seconds left to win it.
Rogers Redding, the Southeastern Conference coordinator of officials, said the call should not have been made. However, Redding said the SEC "did not discuss what kind of action is taken against officials for improper calls."
Good thing because the same crew officiated the undefeated Florida vs Arkansas game on Saturday. In case you missed it, they really screwed the pooch repeatedly in the fourth quarter. Florida escaped with a win and stayed undefeated.
Maybe it wasn't the officials after all.
And now the league office has apologized yet again. But no punishment yet.
Coincidence? Uh huh.
Normally these guys would be suspended for the rest of the year. But it's the SEC, where corruption off the field is officially tolerated. And now it looks like corruption on the field is tolerated too.
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by Hiphopopotamus on Oct 20, 2009 8:11 AM CDT reply actions
“Refs r str8 CHEATING n this florida/arkansas game!!”
Quit stealing your ideas from Terrell Owens twitter.
by Doperbo on Oct 20, 2009 9:18 AM CDT reply actions
Believe me I know how this conference team to the BCS thing works! Kansas game 2004.
by Mark Mangino on Oct 20, 2009 9:33 AM CDT reply actions
Mangina – mix in an occasional salad and a stop on 4th and 18. You’ll feel better..
by JP on Oct 20, 2009 9:52 AM CDT reply actions
When Gary Danielson is admitting that Tebow’s team is benefitting from cheating, you know that some shit is going on. Either that or he had Arky moneyline
by dick on Oct 20, 2009 9:58 AM CDT reply actions
How badly?
As badly as HenryJames wants to dress up as Cory Haim from The Lost Boys for Halloween this year.
But that doesn’t mean it’s right.
by Vasherized on Oct 20, 2009 3:17 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah, the other Cory is obviously the way to go.
by nordberg on Oct 20, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions
If I have to dress up this year, I’m going to dress as my dog.
by HenryJames on Oct 20, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions
That means either:
1) Your costume is your birthday suit.
or
2) You dress your dog in actual clothes. Clothes!
Either way, I’m frightened because I will be in Austin Halloween (oh, but you won’t, right?)
by sizzlechest on Oct 20, 2009 6:57 PM CDT reply actions
You had me at “Rogers Redding.”
I was imagining the combination of an incredibly talented yet lethargic DT mated with an athletic DE… kind of what Washington fans had in mindwhen they signed Haynesworth and Orakpo.
I guess I’ll just have to wait until the Bio department hybridizes Houston Kindle.
by Sugarpants on Oct 20, 2009 11:00 PM CDT reply actions
The extra yard was only one of the completely egregious calls made by that abortion of an officiating crew on their way to ensuring that the St. Tebows stayed undefeated. On Florida’s drive that tied the game in the 4th quarter, a pass interference call on Piggy was clearly not PI, and then an Arky defensive lineman was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for basically defending himself against a Florida player who was drawing a bead on him. It sure as hell wasn’t unsportsmanlike conduct, or unnecessary roughness, or anything else except a guy making sure he wasn’t about to get decapitated. The calls were so blatant that even Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson took their tongues out of Tebow’s anus long enough to question them.
Officiating in the SEC continues to be a joke, and while the league will deny it til the cows come home, it sure looks like everything up to and including bald-faced lying is being done to ensure Florida stays undefeated.
by burnt orange outrage on Oct 21, 2009 12:02 AM CDT reply actions
You guys sound like a bunch of Texas Tech conspiracy theorists! Refs blow calls all the time. It doesn’t mean there’s a conspiracy for one team or the other. And it’s common knowledge that home teams tend to get the benefit of the doubt in close calls. Do these refs suck? Absolutely! But is the SEC behind some vast conspiracy to ensure Florida goes undefeated? Ummm…not so much.
by ousuxndallas on Oct 21, 2009 1:35 PM CDT reply actions
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