Gurley 1.5 yrds short on 3rd down

[Aday25]

The picture says 3rd and 11. So this was the third down run right?

I honestly can't remember. That play has already been deleted from my memory.

He's saying the spot on 3rd down was about 2-3 yard difference then where Gurley went down….making it an easier 4th down run. instead of 4th and 5 or 6 the favorable spot was 4th and 3. Georgia probably makes a different call on 4th and 6...

 

[GAVol]

Not matter??? All we needed was a FG to tie. The way Worley had been throwing...we'd had a shot even with no timeouts.

Sure we'd had a shot. But 50 yards in 30 seconds with no timeouts is pretty steep.

 

[Aday25]

CBJ has a lot to discuss with the SEC office regarding Saturday's officiating. The holding discrepancies are one thing, but the no-calls on the fair catches (our guy gets hit, theirs takes off running) and this crucial spot are either complete ineptitude or refs playing favorites. I lean toward the latter.

I was watching another game later and a player started to run a punt which was a fair catch (very similar to the Georgia player) and he got penalized. In our game the Georgia player clearly started to run, he didn't "lose his balance" making the catch. He almost dropped the ball when catching it and out of panic started to run cause he probably forgot his fair catch. Letter of the rule, should have been a penalty. Terrible no call by the officials. And it matters a lot because of field position! There were a bunch of other bad calls but one call does win or lose you games. However the closer the ball game the bigger the call on the field is. In a three point ball game to miss the spot of the ball so blatantly obvious is terrible officiating. Some home cooking for sure in the game. I also hate "make up" calls when refs mess up because it gives the other team something to moan about if they lose…

I want a clean game and consistent calls. If you call it once call it again when it happens and every time. The worst though is when the refs haven't called something all game and in the final few min. of a ball game they call it to help one team win. I hate zebras.

 

[Aday25]

Sure we'd had a shot. But 50 yards in 30 seconds with no timeouts is pretty steep.

All it would take is Worley on a desperation throw to North (ala South Carolina game)…also clock stops on first downs. In college thats really not as steep as say in the pros. Not saying the call "cost" us the game but it was still a major missed call on top of a number of other terrible calls that could just as easily turned the game in our favor. But I think if anything the injury to Worley was the biggest difference in win/lose. I think 3 or 4 possession with great field position went to waste because of it. I would like to think one of those drive would have been a score the way Worley turned it on when he came back…oh well, lets beat Florida unmercifully and show the SEC we are back...

 

[volboy81]

(watch the ball spotting...)



I hate SEC refs… 3.5 yard favorable spot to help salt away the game smh

My dream job is to be SEC commissioner for 5 seconds so I could fire all the SEC refs!

 

[BruiserVol]

Sure we'd had a shot. But 50 yards in 30 seconds with no timeouts is pretty steep.

I'm not sure it is. We just had to get to the 30 or so to give him a shot at atleast a long field goal. Atleast we could've hope and prayed he would make it.

They most likely would've went into a prevent defense hoping to keep us from stealing the game. Then we could just take chunks of about 8-10 at a time and get out of bounds ideally.

 

[Face]

Sure we'd had a shot. But 50 yards in 30 seconds with no timeouts is pretty steep.

I'd take a deep out pattern to the sideline for North and a FG for the win. Medley can hit from 65. Look at his recruiting highlights.

Not saying we would have won. And against the maxims, especially regarding breaks and mistakes, we lost big.

But when all minor chances of redemption are squelched by questionable officiating, you never know what could have happened. It's over, we lost, but that doesn't make it right.

 

[Thatawesomeguy4]

The day SEC officials start making consistently right calls, I might actually throw a party.

 

[gogators13]

That dropped pass by Gafney in endzone several yrs ago made influence

The several plays prior to that one play on the drive got the Gators in that position. I was at that game and I thought he dropped it. I guess the ref didn't agree with me... :good!:

 

[JacketVol]

I told someone Sunday that I was concerned that the drive for the playoffs and money had put the SEC to tell their refs to tip the scales a little. It's just not UT. It's happening to other teams as well. They may be that bad but I am sincerely doubting it. The money is killing the game.

 

[UGADawg4Life]

We were screwed on many calls... That spot...gurley supposed reach over touchdown...no call on fair catch n run..I counted 7 holding calls refs missed going over the tape.. And I could go on... But its not worth it...

It boils down to uga being sece best chance at playoff and gurleys heisman campaign. And it was between the hedges..

Lol. Go,to,our boards and you'll see that UGA fans are complaining about UT holding non-calls. I saw several on the replay. Hopefully good and bad calls even out over the coarse of a season. Is there ever a loss where you say the refs got it right? Or ever a win where you say the refs really, really sucked? Both occasions are rare.

 

[1974Vol]

That dropped pass by Gafney in endzone several yrs ago made influence

Do you remember the official explanation from the SEC head of officials? He said the same criteria that were needed to rule a pass completed in the field of play did not apply to the end zone. :crazy:

I would have felt better if they had just said we blew it, sorry! It was only second down so who knows what may have transpired, but that was a horrendous call.

 

[GAVol]

Lol. Go,to,our boards and you'll see that UGA fans are complaining about UT holding non-calls. I saw several on the replay. Hopefully good and bad calls even out over the coarse of a season. Is there ever a loss where you say the refs got it right? Or ever a win where you say the refs really, really sucked? Both occasions are rare.

I honestly didn't see any egregious errors until the spot being discussed in this thread got pointed out. The sideline penalty at the end of the half was ridiculous but didn't end up mattering. People just don't realize how hard it is to get everything right at full speed.

 

[HuntsVol_AL]

I honestly didn't see any egregious errors until the spot being discussed in this thread got pointed out. The sideline penalty at the end of the half was ridiculous but didn't end up mattering. People just don't realize how hard it is to get everything right at full speed.

I didn't realize how bad the missed spot on 3rd and 11 was... so I can understand how that one got by the referees. Truly egregious, though, was the fair catch and run. That was terrible; I don't understand how they all missed it.

 

[rockytop114]

On the last touchdown drive by Tennessee when we was getting first downs the clock kept rolling and no one said nothing about it.

 

[volfaninutah]

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Gurley is a freak. I'll be happy if he leaves this year.

True James.. every time it looked like we had him for a loss, he wiggled out of the tackle and fell forward for 2 or 3 extra yards. He is a stud. We handled him most of the game but you know the hammer is gonna drop sooner or later with him. He does it to everyone. He hits the hole quick and then its too late to catch him. Maybe he will smell the money next year. He has nothing left to prove at Ga anymore.:thumbsup:

 

[WestEndVol]

 

[johndoevol]

Changing the outcome of a game is not as difficult as some think if you are the referees, all you have to do is call the right penalties at the right time.

And you can make it look fair by calling penalties on the other team when they would not make much difference, that way the final stats would look good. Timing of the penalties is just as important as the penalties themselves.

(And of course you can blatanly spot the ball a few yards off to help get the desired outcome. )

These are just general observations that I think apply to any football game.:whistling:
JMO.

 

[OrangeBlood4life]

On the last touchdown drive by Tennessee when we was getting first downs the clock kept rolling and no one said nothing about it.

I saw this also. I was screaming at the tv. Stop the effing clock.

What this all boils down to is, if we are going to knock off a top dog in the sec. We are gonna have to do it convincingly, and gonna have to play the team and the refs.

We are going to be on the short end of the stick until we are top dog. That's the way it is. Sucks. But it will change

 

[Efus50]

A game is never decided on one play. We had chances and didn't capitalize.

That's not true. The game is always decided by not only one or two plays but also one or two inches. Tell me who wins the inches and I will tell you who wins the game

 

[Efus50]

A perfect example is on the play before the Hurd fumble in the endzone if Worley pass takes a 3 or 4 inch different direction then North comes down with it and we have no fumble. The game becomes epic

 

[McDad]

Lol. Go,to,our boards and you'll see that UGA fans are complaining about UT holding non-calls. I saw several on the replay. Hopefully good and bad calls even out over the coarse of a season. Is there ever a loss where you say the refs got it right? Or ever a win where you say the refs really, really sucked? Both occasions are rare.

Complaining about calls is part of the game. We all get that. But if the correct call is made on the fair catch AND Gurley gets an accurate spot, I've got a feeling the outcome would have been different.

 

[smokeyeatsgator]

One play never loses or wins a game. I know fans like to focus on what if that one play didn't happen but one play is normally less than 1℅ of the plays in a ball game. The other 99 plays had a bigger influence on the outcome of the game

Lol 2013 auburn.

 

[utvols74]

Guys -

This favoritism thing has been going on for yeaaaarrrrssssssss....

Even back in the 80s, when UT played Bama, they both got penalized, BUT.....

UT's penalties were at crucial points/plays in the game. Bama's - not so much. This happened year after year.

CBJ had better start raising h3ll with the SEC commissioner (and perhaps go public) if this trend doesn't stop. Going 8-4 is a lot better than 6-6 and game officiating like this one could make the difference.

 

[RollerVol]

Snap and clear! :thumbsup::nono:

GO VOLS!