Block in the back on A&Ms only touchdown

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OrangeInKy said:
Let it go. We won. Calls get missed on both teams in every game. Why do we go picking them out after a big win? What is to be gained?
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Misery is the pool that I need to swim in. I must open my eyes while under that wonderful water, so it stinks just right.
 
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JohnWardForever said:
I'm calling BS to this "Bad calls both ways". The calls that went against Tennessee in the first 3 quarters were more than enough to cost the Vols the Game, which makes the Win look even more impressive. I've watched more football than 90% of VN, and that is the worst bias I have ever witnessed. EVEN when UT plays bama, and that was the Benchmark.
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I’m impressed that you monitor how much football everyone on this board watches and you do the math. You are right, there is a giant conspiracy against UT there are always more missed/bad calls against us. My bad. Enjoy victimhood.
 
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Orange is high visibility.








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KTrain said:
Most refs are trying to call it right, you have a very few who are shaving points. You just hope the bad calls come out equal but a lot of times they don't, by bad luck. All that said ppl shouldn't be harsh on ppl that point it out because if you just let it go. It will enable these older, slower refs loosing vision to hang on longer for a pay check because no repercussions.
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Fans posting about referee mistakes won’t change officiating. Stuff we post doesn’t matter. You think the officiating office reads message boards and is like “uh oh guys, they’re getting fed up. Time to make some changes”
 
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OrangeInKy said:
I’m impressed that you monitor how much football everyone on this board watches and you do the math. You are right, there is a giant conspiracy against UT there are always more missed/bad calls against us. My bad. Enjoy victimhood.
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You are exactly right, I do and I am. Why you would want to pick a fight with me is the asinine part. Ignorance is bliss.
 
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JohnWardForever said:
You are exactly right, I do and I am. Why you would want to pick a fight with me is the asinine part. Ignorance is bliss.
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I wouldnt want to pick a fight with you. You watch more football than 90 pct of VolNation so I know you’re the expert. I also know the even if I win the fight, it’s because the fight was fixed and you were cheated.
 
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OrangeInKy said:
I wouldnt want to pick a fight with you. You watch more football than 90 pct of VolNation so I know you’re the expert. I also know the even if I win the fight, it’s because the fight was fixed and you were cheated.
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You wouldn't have the nerve to fight anyone, since you accept getting slapped so easily. AND I got the last word, you wont affect my blood pressure anymore. Living in Kentucky has had a detrimental effect. Bye.
 
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JohnWardForever said:
You wouldn't have the nerve to fight anyone, since you accept getting slapped so easily. AND I got the last word, you wont affect my blood pressure anymore. Living in Kentucky has had a detrimental effect. Bye.
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Oh, YOU got the last word?
You got me. I know you’ve got a busy day analyzing film and how much football people on this board watch. Also, if your blood pressure is affected by the nonsense that goes on here, then you need to step away from message boards. This stuff ain’t serious.
 
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I was sitting in L so had a good view. Yes it was a block in the back but there were a lot of bad calls on both teams.
 
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Officiating has been beyond atrocious this year. I was convinced that some of those missed calls would come back to bite us in a game this close. Luckily, our defense delivered and we were able to seal the deal.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
There were calls that should have went against us that were missed. A big face mask late in the game was missed thank God. Officiating is bad but it’s bad for both sides.
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Agree with this. This wasn't like the Florida game where blatant PIs and holds were never called on Florida, but we were called for ticky-tack stuff all game.

The refs blew several calls, but it went both ways. It evened out in the end.
 
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OrangeInKy said:
Let it go. We won. Calls get missed on both teams in every game. Why do we go picking them out after a big win? What is to be gained?
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It is the SELECTIVELY missed calls like the PI called on us and not on them 4 times where they replayed them for the world to see that cause the attention to the details.
 
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OrangeInKy said:
Fans posting about referee mistakes won’t change officiating. Stuff we post doesn’t matter. You think the officiating office reads message boards and is like “uh oh guys, they’re getting fed up. Time to make some changes”
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What is noticed is when they say well haven’t heard a thing about bad calls from fans on boards or talk shows or coaches.. We must be doing a stellar job. If fans just give up like some have on here and accept everything and become passive, indifferent, yielding and don’t care anymore. Then you have ppl calling into shows saying the refs must be super because everyone toed the line and said it must be right because these are official Refs with NCCA Patches and all.
IMO that I just accept is a dangerous path in any field.
 
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KTrain said:
What is noticed is when they say well haven’t heard a thing about bad calls from fans on boards or talk shows or coaches.. We must be doing a stellar job. If fans just give up like some have on here and accept everything and become passive, indifferent, yielding and don’t care anymore. Then you have ppl calling into shows saying the refs must be super because everyone toed the line and said it must be right because these are official Refs with NCCA Patches and all.
IMO that I just accept is a dangerous path in any field.
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The only thing that would bring any change is a loss of money, not our whining. If fans keep going and watching, things keep rolling. School AD and admin communicate with the leagues about this stuff, and it still doesn't do much to change.. If you think fans on message boards would have any impact on the SEC office handling officiating, then I can't tell you anything to change your mind.
 
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VolJarhead said:
It looked like we had defensive holding on the big interception near the end. I do think the refs made some bad calls and no calls in the game, but they didn't do it intentionally.
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I could buy it except for the examples where the official has a clear view and makes a call/nc that is consistently called. In the APSU game 5 was called twice for basically running into a WR on an underthrown, uncatchable ball. In the VERY SAME GAME, one of their DBs ran into Keyton in the end zone on a play that would have been a TD otherwise... and the same official did not throw his flag. Same guy. Same game. More obvious play.

The crack back call vs UF was even worse. If that's a crack back then no one can ever run that play again. He didn't launch. He got a good, clean hit on a defender. It changed the course of the game significantly. If not for that one outrageously bad call... UT could be 6-0 right now.


But like someone said, incompetence is just as bad as it being intentional. How many billions of dollars does the SEC make? And they can't afford professional officials? The SEC distributed $833 million to members for football shared revenues in '21. That doesn't count the extra revenues earned by the programs.

So let's say you need 8 crews with 10 members. You pay the chief $200K and the other 9 guys $150K... just to officiate 12-15 games. That's a total budget of about $12.5 million per year. Currently officials average around $60K per year. So for less than $8 million more... 1% of the SEC's TV and distributed revenues... they could hire professional officials.
 
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