Bama Officiating….

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C-south said:
We kicked 2 fgs on two 1st and goals mostly due to terrible play calling.
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That's not sitting on a lead though. I would go back and look at the plays but I'm not because the officiating was disgusting. I can't remember if there was anything missed during those goal line drives or if it was just execution issues. You take the 3 though.
 
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cyclevol said:
No way they only committed one infraction all game. Against an aggressive pass rush, they never got a holding call. They were quick to call us for holding a receiver when we stopped them on 3rd down though. They were quick to notice one return man gave the hands out and down fair catch signal while the other one caught the kick and ran to the 23. They were quick to spot the ball short on nearly every close 3rd down run. They did not call an even game by any means. They had their hats on inside out. The A was on the inside!
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They held all game, on both sides of the ball. On O, not just passing, runnning the ball also.
 
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Zues1 said:
The one flag thrown on Bama and the whistle blown to stop play was also incorrect. They called illegal procedure.
Wrong..The ball was snapped when Milroe wasn't looking. Nothing else happened. The play should have continued, Tennessee would have sacked him or scooped and scored.
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And that’s why the stopped the play because we were to bust Milroe’s ass!
 
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Prior to the game in talking with friends we determined that going to Tuscaloosa after beating Bama in Knoxville last year that we would have to win by at least three touchdowns, because there would be enough "Alabama calls" to give them 14 points at least. I was not shocked that it happened, and as sad as I am for the lost, I think most of us knew we would need a three touchdown lead thanks to the bad calls.

They had a political machine run by Birch Biggs in Polk County TN in the 30's and 40's that was overthrown by a veterans run Good Government League in 1948. One of the keys to the corruption was the percentages of votes comparable to other TN districts. Statistics to no lie. There was some creepy stuff going on in Tuscaloosa for them to only get one penalty. The sad thing is we all knew those calls were coming.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
It’s like people have never played team sports before. Or at least never experienced a game where it starts going wrong and you can’t stop it no matter what you do.
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Truth be told if you've played team sports you've run into "home cookin'" before as well.
 
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Remy said:
Truth be told if you've played team sports you've run into "home cookin'" before as well.
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Not long ago there was an independent audit of the Chattanooga area high school football results.
The winner was McCminn Central. They averaged 24 points better at home Vs on the road. They averaged 20 yards in penalties at home and 70 on the road and their opponents averaged 85 yards in penalties at McCminn.

Craziness. I’d like to see that kind of audit done for the SEC.
 
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Valishin said:
As I said last week, when the Vols win they should get credit for two wins one against the scheduled team and one against the zebras.

HOWEVER, no matter how corrupt the officiating is it wasn't the officials who told the O and D lines to start playing soft after the half. There is no half time speech or adjustment that has you going from exerting your will to the point of driving opposing linemen back into the QB to getting pushed a yard and half back. Not buying into the system and team enough to stay focused and play full bore for 60 minutes is what caused that result. Even if the refs did force the tone of the game to change.
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Some of our fans are dumb enough to think when an Oline is holding you most plays and straight raping you other plays that somehow you’re playing soft? When a 300 lb lineman has you by the damn head about to decapitate you while you’re trying to do your job remember not to be “soft”. Game was Fing BS.
 
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BreatheUT said:
That's not sitting on a lead though. I would go back and look at the plays but I'm not because the officiating was disgusting. I can't remember if there was anything missed during those goal line drives or if it was just execution issues. You take the 3 though.
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There was a missed call on the TE. It was a hold before the ball was tipped. Half the distance and automatic first down- but it wasn't called.
I'm not a blame the refs guy. There were bad calls but they didn't totally contribute to a 34-7 run. Bama controlled first down on offense, controlled our run game, and we got whipped on the line of scrimmage in the 2nd half. Our coach or OC did not do is many favors in play calling either.
 
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cyclevol said:
No way they only committed one infraction all game. Against an aggressive pass rush, they never got a holding call. They were quick to call us for holding a receiver when we stopped them on 3rd down though. They were quick to notice one return man gave the hands out and down fair catch signal while the other one caught the kick and ran to the 23. They were quick to spot the ball short on nearly every close 3rd down run. They did not call an even game by any means. They had their hats on inside out. The A was on the inside!
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They also failed to call a runner out of bounds so we’d have to burn a timeout
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Not long ago there was an independent audit of the Chattanooga area high school football results.
The winner was McCminn Central. They averaged 24 points better at home Vs on the road. They averaged 20 yards in penalties at home and 70 on the road and their opponents averaged 85 yards in penalties at McCminn.

Craziness. I’d like to see that kind of audit done for the SEC.
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It'd be nice, but will never happen.
 
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I have to say I have had a fun time trolling Bama fans. There have been several articles on FB mentioning Heupels response to the question about officiating.
Dumb redneck fans are flooding with comments saying he was blaming the refs for the loss (no one can quote him tho) and then immediately whine about how they got screwed last year.
Bama fans are the gift that keeps on giving. 😂
 
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The sad part in all of this is that these players and coaches bust their @$$, and give it their all, just to have some has-been with an agenda take it from them. Straight up garbage. Sankey needs to grow a pair and stay out of the business of fixing games. Think I’m wrong? Sankey wants to make sure that the SEC has a team in the playoffs, and with GA just losing their best player for at least a few weeks, he can’t afford to leave all his eggs in the bulldog’s basket. Do you know how much money the SEC would lose without a team in the playoffs? C’mon man. This crap needs to be called out and put under a spotlight at every press conference, fines be d@mned. I don’t have much faith that finebaum will be talking about it (sad), but it should be a conversation for the other talking heads not named Chris Doering. It’s going to be hard to keep ANY fans interested in your product (games), if every outcome is predetermined.

Now, to my next point, UT coaches need to own their share of blame for that 2nd half shhhh-show. Why are they taking their foot off the gas in the red zone and in the 2nd half? Heup clearly wasn’t playing conservative by going for it on 4th down in your own territory, early in the game, so why get conservative with the play calling? Also, it’s no secret that UT’s offense is predicated on reading the box, most of the time. Light box=run, heavy box=quick screen or pass. Teams are realizing this and are doing a better job of disguising their coverage pre-snap. With the DUDES, UT has on offense, line up and say, “It don’t matter what D you run, be bout to run our offense and WGWTFA!” ‘Nuff said. Good thing is, I am confident this coaching staff sees all this too. Heup has made adjustments and corrections in the past. Some have worked, some have not. But he’s not afraid to change it up a bit, just sometimes not as quick as we fans would like. The future of the UT football program is still on the rise, whereas bama will be looking for answers on who follows Saban when he retires in a few years. The future is bright orange. GBO!!!
 
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hardyemt_p said:
Wasn't that bad. We was out coached the second half. Please quit with the whining
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But it was that bad. The inconsistencies. Every ticky tack call that can be called was called on us while blatant obvious and worse “penalties” were not called on them. Refs controlled this game and it’s quite easy to do in a game of team bc he’s. Changes momentum. Can’t get in rhythm and keeps theirs going. Simple as that.
 
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hardyemt_p said:
Wasn't that bad. We was out coached the second half. Please quit with the whining
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Did you watch the game? There were at least 4 blatant holding situations that were not called, including one on the Bama TD at the beginning of the second half where Bama lineman was holding Vol D-lineman as shown in the original post (which would have negated the TD with 10 yard penalty) and one on Bama DB holding Squirrel at the goal line in 4th quarter so that he could not get to the pass thrown to him that would have been a TD except for the hold (first and goal if the penalty was properly called). On a second and 8 in third quarter clear hold of VOL DE when Bama RB McClellan ran for 11 yd and first down, led to field goal. And Vol DB was called for holding after barely touching the receiver shirt on a pass that he would not have caught even if the shirt would not have been touched (third down play gave Bama a first down). By the way, the two missed Bama holds above would led to a touchdown and field goal for Bama, and hold on White in end zone would have been a VOL TD, accounting for Bama getting 10 points and Vols not getting 7, would have changed the score of the game. That is just a few of the missed calls, but oh yeah, Bama did get called for a whopping 5 yards in penalties.
 
#149
#149
I love the Vols but this season with the officiating has made it almost unwatchable. Especially on Saturday where it was clear the game was fixed. If this continues I’m going to find something else to do on Saturdays in the fall. At least I’m no longer shelling out hundreds on going to the games. I feel bad for anyone who actually went to the game the other day and for our players who played very well but didn’t have the opportunity to play in a fair game.
 
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volsforever27 said:
Every year it's the same thing. People arguing about the refs. UT and the playcalling sucked in the 2nd half. Refs were horrible, even to the point it was comically obvious. Both things can be true.

Same as it ever was.
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Oh it’s most definitely true. The official missed some pretty easy calls.
 
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