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Well, I don't think officiating had an outcome. Bama took over the lines on both sides of the ball the entire 2nd half. That's why we lost.You aren't.
The ones thinking the officiating had no impact ine the outcome are.
I was watching another game a couple weeks ago on a punt return receiver put hand up for a fair catch but took off and officials started blowing their whistles and play stopped. They took the ball where he caught it and where not accessed a delay of game penalty or any penalty. Just lined up where he caught it and announcer said no harm no foul with a little laugh.There is no “penalty” in that situation. If Dee would have caught and advanced it, then there would have been a delay of game penalty. Dee signaling and Seldon catching makes it dead at the spot of catching.
Florida if I remember correctly had a penalty called against them for clapping earlier in the seasonI could almost see the call if Dee made that motion. But he didn't. The other returner was probably signaling that the ball wasn't coming to him. Whatever it was, it obviously wasn't a fair catch call and I've never seen a fair catch called like that.
The clapping call is something else I've never seen. I've never seen that penalty called that way. It happened during a string of calls that seemed intent on keeping Bama in the game.
The ghost review, after an obvious first down by Milton, that even CBS's biased announcers couldn't ignore, was another example. It sure looked like the officials were trying create an opportunity for Bama to substitute.
All these are perfect examples of SEC refs working at changing momentum in games IMO.
I don't know why Tennessee is thier punching bag this year. But I've never seen it this bad.
It’s the new “T” signal everyone is using. I think it was habit/reflex and he realized “oh crap” halfway into it. My point of contention with that play is the white hat could have overlooked that pretty easily. Goodness knows he overlooked a ton for Bama, but it was applied by the letter.Thank you. Next question is which player are they talking about. CJH thought it was a front line player. I can’t imagine anyone considering what Dee was doing to be an attempted fair catch signal
I get the rule. They've taken away the old fake fair catch play (which, personally I loved). What I don't get is: how in the world could that be considered a "waving motion"? By that measure, scratching your butt would be a "waving motion".The “T” signal is the signal everyone is using these days on kickoff return. You see it all the time on Saturdays and Sundays. My take is that it was just a reflex/habit for Dee to do it. Then he realized it was short and to Seldon and it was too late. Here is the application of the rule that got us. Do I think the official could have looked the other way? Sure. Goodness knows he is perfectly capable of doing that for Bama.
To back up your point, Houston got screwed big time on a 3rd down spot deep in Texas territory near the end of the game. It was clearly a 1st down…. No review.. then they failed on 4th downI dont think we are their punching bag.
I do think the CFP means too much money to not insure the teams with the easiest path there to get the calls.
The flag for the defensive delay of game for clapping came from the back judge and was thrown from the goal line at least 30 yards back from the line of scrimmage. It was a total joke. That call almost never happens but when it does the referee or umpire typically call it.I could almost see the call if Dee made that motion. But he didn't. The other returner was probably signaling that the ball wasn't coming to him. Whatever it was, it obviously wasn't a fair catch call and I've never seen a fair catch called like that.
The clapping call is something else I've never seen. I've never seen that penalty called that way. It happened during a string of calls that seemed intent on keeping Bama in the game.
The ghost review, after an obvious first down by Milton, that even CBS's biased announcers couldn't ignore, was another example. It sure looked like the officials were trying create an opportunity for Bama to substitute.
All these are perfect examples of SEC refs working at changing momentum in games IMO.
I don't know why Tennessee is thier punching bag this year. But I've never seen it this bad.
It was not any kind of a fair catch signal. It the future I guess the should lay down flat of the ground and remain motionless as to not make any sudden moves of any kind.Because it was an invalid fair catch signal and another player touched it. It is down where that player touched it. If Dee had caught it, we would have had the ball at the 25.
I could almost see the call if Dee made that motion. But he didn't. The other returner was probably signaling that the ball wasn't coming to him. Whatever it was, it obviously wasn't a fair catch call and I've never seen a fair catch called like that.
The clapping call is something else I've never seen. I've never seen that penalty called that way. It happened during a string of calls that seemed intent on keeping Bama in the game.
The ghost review, after an obvious first down by Milton, that even CBS's biased announcers couldn't ignore, was another example. It sure looked like the officials were trying create an opportunity for Bama to substitute.
All these are perfect examples of SEC refs working at changing momentum in games IMO.
I don't know why Tennessee is thier punching bag this year. But I've never seen it this bad.
I can't wait for this to be called because somebody is picking his noseI'm not a 'conspiracy theorist' type, but the officiating was so unbalanced, it's difficult to explain it without the refs being told to favor Bama in some way. And it's not the craziest thing --- we saw the same thing in the NBA back in the 90s / 00s . 1 ref was actually sent to prison (Tim Donaghy) for his role in fixing games for gambling reasons and he later admitted that the NBA fixed the Lakers-Kings series in 2002.
The clapping and 'fair catch' penalties, both fall into the "things we've literally never seen called and a ref would have to be going out of their way to even try to call". And the "fair catch" one wasn't even legit. While I wasn't aware of the rule on that, it's still irrelevant because his arms weren't even remotely 'above his head'. By the standard they used to make that call, you could literally call that on every single kickoff / punt return because some player 40 yards away from the ball moved his arms.
I know Heupel has to be infuriated and I'm not sure what he can do. But someone needs to be raising hell with the SEC right now, because this is getting ridiculous.
We made plenty of bad plays yesterday (and against Florida) that lost us the game, but there's no way to look at the officiating and not think something was off.
That crew was looking for tacky $h!t to call on Tennessee… that call, the delay of game on the defense, the “holding” on Jeudy-Lolly.Iowa had a game stolen from them tonight on a similar BS call.
The refs are absolutely horrible across the board this year. It’s out of control
I think it’s personal choice or vendetta.That crew was looking for tacky $h!t to call on Tennessee… that call, the delay of game on the defense, the “holding” on Jeudy-Lolly.
I don’t believe for a second the refs are told to favor Alabama but they are completely intimidated by Saban and his influence in the SEC. The SEC commissioner desperately wants at least 1 team in the CFP. Vols were just “collateral damage” on the road to get a 1 loss Alabama to Atlanta vs an unbeaten Georgia.
This is used to show the team when the ball is going over their head into the endzone. Has nothing to do with a fair catch.The “T” signal is the signal everyone is using these days on kickoff return. You see it all the time on Saturdays and Sundays. My take is that it was just a reflex/habit for Dee to do it. Then he realized it was short and to Seldon and it was too late. Here is the application of the rule that got us. Do I think the official could have looked the other way? Sure. Goodness knows he is perfectly capable of doing that for Bama.