Drink opens today's presser apologizing to referees

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sjt18 said:
Yeah. Because you guys have offered better explanations for clear patterns in penalties, right? It doesn't even have to be some backroom plot. It could be subconscious bias influenced in various ways... including conversations at the SEC offices about how the league needs one loss or undefeated teams to assure a spot in the CFP.

So do you have an alternative, "non-conspiracy" explanation for why UK and Bama got no live ball fouls? Both committed them. Bama committed a lot of them.


It will be interesting to see if that latter part does indeed happen.
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* Fully wearing tin foil over n my head as I type this.

I have been wondering if our style of tempo offense subconsciously irritates the officials. My rationale for this starts with how our players will only give the ball to the official who is going to spot it. I have seen during the game the sideline official hold out his hands for the ball after the play and our player doesn’t give it to him. Instead he runs to the official who is going to spot it. Next, the officials don’t get as long of a mini break between plays either. As such they become biased against us for making them work harder for their paychecks.
 
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OrangeTsar said:
I am about to start calling “conspiracy theories” “spoilers” considering all the crazy stuff that has turned out to be true these past few years 😳
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My thoughts exactly...LOL...while I certainly don't subscribe to an organized SEC conspiracy, all the "conspiracy theories" lately that we've learned where 100% true have me wondering about the SEC too. Eventually Truth is a hard barrier to hide so who knows about sports too.
 
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ETSU VOL said:
* Fully wearing tin foil over n my head as I type this.

I have been wondering if our style of tempo offense subconsciously irritates the officials. My rationale for this starts with how our players will only give the ball to the official who is going to spot it. I have seen during the game the sideline official hold out his hands for the ball after the play and our player doesn’t give it to him. Instead he runs to the official who is going to spot it. Next, the officials don’t get as long of a mini break between plays either. As such they become biased against us for making them work harder for their paychecks.
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I actually said the same thing out loud last week
 
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ETSU VOL said:
* Fully wearing tin foil over n my head as I type this.

I have been wondering if our style of tempo offense subconsciously irritates the officials. My rationale for this starts with how our players will only give the ball to the official who is going to spot it. I have seen during the game the sideline official hold out his hands for the ball after the play and our player doesn’t give it to him. Instead he runs to the official who is going to spot it. Next, the officials don’t get as long of a mini break between plays either. As such they become biased against us for making them work harder for their paychecks.
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I've wondered the same. Doing our game makes them work harder. Out of shape, older guys don't like that. I think it's why they stand over the ball to slow our snap. It's their version of the fainting goat or our lineman flop after an extra point.
 
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CAVPUT said:
I've wondered the same. Doing our game makes them work harder. Out of shape, older guys don't like that. I think it's why they stand over the ball to slow our snap. It's their version of the fainting goat or our lineman flop after an extra point.
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There’s not many old, out of shape referees in the SEC. They look for tall, younger guys who are in great shape.

At one point a large number of SEC refs came from the state of ….. drum roll please…. Alabama but I can’t say that today although Steve Shaw is a bamer & he was head of officiating until he took the national job.

I think the winners get the calls more often. Yankees get the calls in the MLB, Celtics & Lakers get the calls in the NBA, UNC gets the calls in the ACC, etc.
 
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wmcovol said:
There’s not many old, out of shape referees in the SEC. They look for tall, younger guys who are in great shape.

At one point a large number of SEC refs came from the state of ….. drum roll please…. Alabama but I can’t say that today although Steve Shaw is a bamer & he was head of officiating until he took the national job.

I think the winners get the calls more often. Yankees get the calls in the MLB, Celtics & Lakers get the calls in the NBA, UNC gets the calls in the ACC, etc.
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90 Vol said:
Statistically, I think there's a higher probability of seeing Bigfoot riding the Loch Ness monster down the Tennessee River than to see the officials call a game in our favor.
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This is just what I saw over by Calhouns!!!!!
 
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90 Vol said:
Statistically, I think there's a higher probability of seeing Bigfoot riding the Loch Ness monster down the Tennessee River than to see the officials call a game in our favor.
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Yeah but he has a point and I’ve thought of this too. A top 10 matchup between TN and UGA would be prime time tv and bring in a ton of viewers. It also helps UGA’s resume and I guarantee you the SEC wants to make sure an SEC team gets in.
 
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wmcovol said:
If something occurs today that people can’t or don’t want to acknowledge, they simply label it a “conspiracy theory”.
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Agree for most part but there is something going on with the refs and UT. Bama got away with a ton of no calls and this whole season has been one sided. There’s something going on that is anti-UT, nobody just knows what.
 
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90 Vol said:
Statistically, I think there's a higher probability of seeing Bigfoot riding the Loch Ness monster down the Tennessee River than to see the officials call a game in our favor.
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Lmao. So true


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If something occurs today that people can’t or don’t want to acknowledge, they simply label it a “conspiracy theory”.
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This is also sadly very true. In fact the term "conspiracy theory " was invented by the US intelligence agencies in response to all the suspicion when JFK was assassinated. You can google and read the memos yourself. The term was invented as a device with the sole purpose of discrediting ANY idea counter to your own narrative, regardless of the truth. That is exactly how the lazy, ignorant, and dishonest still use the term to this day.
 
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It should be tolerated because they're terrible. What makes them immune to valid criticism?
 
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ETSU VOL said:
* Fully wearing tin foil over n my head as I type this.

I have been wondering if our style of tempo offense subconsciously irritates the officials. My rationale for this starts with how our players will only give the ball to the official who is going to spot it. I have seen during the game the sideline official hold out his hands for the ball after the play and our player doesn’t give it to him. Instead he runs to the official who is going to spot it. Next, the officials don’t get as long of a mini break between plays either. As such they become biased against us for making them work harder for their paychecks.
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kiddiedoc said:
I actually said the same thing out loud last week
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Me too. I have posted about this several times in the "crooked refs" threads. Part of me understands...if I had to do my same job at 3x the normal speed (17secs into a 45sec clock) every time we had work from 1 particular client...with the same exact standards for quality and with ZERO extra pay or incentives then I (or anyone else) would absolutely HATE working for that client. This is the exact position that our offense puts these refs in every single game with our tempo. I understand that it makes their jobs very difficult especially when they have to do it in front of millions of people. At the same time, they HAVE TO STOP screwing us like they have. Its complete BS. I have also wondered if after our offense was clearly no1 in the NCAA , if they arent screwing us WAY worse this season in an effort to discourage other teams from copying us and really making the refs lives Hell....thinking other teams wont do this if they know that the refs will screw them and cost them games. It is criminal. Their obvious resentment is palpable. This crap must end though for us to win it all soon.
 
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Hulavol said:
This brings up a good point for the conspiracy guys - the SEC refs will be flag happy against Dink, and they will want UT UGA game on CBS to be for all the marbles, so naturally expect us to get all kinds of good calls and no holding etc.
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hope you are right...certainly won't complain
 
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Hulavol said:
This brings up a good point for the conspiracy guys - the SEC refs will be flag happy against Dink, and they will want UT UGA game on CBS to be for all the marbles, so naturally expect us to get all kinds of good calls and no holding etc.
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I hope you are correct. The big downside to that is...no way we get a call agaisnt UGA, even if they lose to Ole Miss they are a better story to get into the CFP with one loss than we are with two. That 3peat thing gets the talking heads excited. Assuming either of us can get a win against the Tide.
 
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wmcovol said:
If something occurs today that people can’t or don’t want to acknowledge, they simply label it a “conspiracy theory”.
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Spot on. Isn’t it amazing how all those “conspiracy theories” in the past have now proven to be true! Ignorance is truly blissful I guess.
 
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Hulavol said:
This brings up a good point for the conspiracy guys - the SEC refs will be flag happy against Dink, and they will want UT UGA game on CBS to be for all the marbles, so naturally expect us to get all kinds of good calls and no holding etc.
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After the garbage that we've endured the last few weeks I'll take some favoritism for once.
 
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90 Vol said:
Yep, this means we have to hold our nose and root for Kiffin this weekend.
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No I am not holding my nose I am hoping Mississippi wins. Kiffin is just another coach to me at this point. But the main thing is we take care of business this weekend and win against Missouri. Even if Georgia beats Mississippi beating Georgia would be doing something nobody else has done. It would also go along way to ease the sting of losing to Florida. And if we close out with a win against Vandy it would ensure us of a very high ranking and probably a top notch New Years 6 bowl. GBO
 
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