Imagine Heup's Record if...

[BlinghamptonVol]

He didn't also have to beat the refs?

2021:
Record: 7-6
Losses: Florida, Alabama, Georgia
Losses because of Refs: Pitt, Ole Miss, Purdue
Revised Record: 10-3

2022:
Record: 11-2
Losses: Georgia (rain), South Carolina (Michigan scouting, and the linebacker sabotage)
Revised Record: 11-2 (He was able to beat the refs this year)

2023:
Record: 9-4
Losses: Missouri, Georgia
Losses because of Refs: Florida, Alabama
Revised Record: 11-2

2024:
Record: 8-2
Losses because of Refs: Arkansas, Georgia
Revised Record: 10-0 (and probably ranked #1 in the country rn)

Heupel would easily be 42-7 (.857 winning percentage) at UT (with 2 easy wins upcoming). Because of SEC refs, he's 35-14. Imagine the boost to recruiting and resources. He'd be on the cusp of a Saban run.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

I hear we're supposed to ignore poor officiating.

 

[Oldvoldad]

He didn't also have to beat the refs?

2021:
Record: 7-6
Losses: Florida, Alabama, Georgia
Losses because of Refs: Pitt, Ole Miss, Purdue
Revised Record: 10-3

2022:
Record: 11-2
Losses: Georgia (rain), South Carolina (Michigan scouting, and the linebacker sabotage)
Revised Record: 11-2 (He was able to beat the refs this year)

2023:
Record: 9-4
Losses: Missouri, Georgia
Losses because of Refs: Florida, Alabama
Revised Record: 11-2

2024:
Record: 8-2
Losses because of Refs: Arkansas, Georgia
Revised Record: 10-0 (and probably ranked #1 in the country rn)

Heupel would easily be 42-7 (.857 winning percentage) at UT (with 2 easy wins upcoming). Because of SEC refs, he's 35-14. Imagine the boost to recruiting and resources. He'd be on the cusp of a Saban run.

He could win road games in the SEC?

 

[cbrown]

I'll admit there were some memorable bad calls in some of those losses, especially in 2021, but it cuts both ways sometimes. I think we could subtract one for the Alabama game in 2022. The officials called a phantom PI call on Alabama that allowed us to tie the game late. I would have lost my sh!t if they had called that on Tennessee.

 

[UTodd01]

I'll admit there were some memorable bad calls in some of those losses, especially in 2021, but it cuts both ways sometimes. I think we could subtract one for the Alabama game in 2022. The officials called a phantom PI call on Alabama that allowed us to tie the game late. I would have lost my sh!t if they had called that on Tennessee.

That wasn't a "phantom PI"

 

[fefe]

Oh look. Another, "we lost because of the refs" thread.

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

Oh look. Another, "we lost because of the refs" thread.

So cringe. Absolute mantra of the loser. The refs never throw flags against the other team, just UT. I'll throw a flag on myself for being sucked in and commenting. Do better Jimmy's and Joes!

 

[Proud Army Wife]

I’ll give you 2021 and the SC loss in ‘22, but the other games we got beat straight up.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

He didn't also have to beat the refs?

2021:
Record: 7-6
Losses: Florida, Alabama, Georgia
Losses because of Refs: Pitt, Ole Miss, Purdue
Revised Record: 10-3

2022:
Record: 11-2
Losses: Georgia (rain), South Carolina (Michigan scouting, and the linebacker sabotage)
Revised Record: 11-2 (He was able to beat the refs this year)

2023:
Record: 9-4
Losses: Missouri, Georgia
Losses because of Refs: Florida, Alabama
Revised Record: 11-2

2024:
Record: 8-2
Losses because of Refs: Arkansas, Georgia
Revised Record: 10-0 (and probably ranked #1 in the country rn)

Heupel would easily be 42-7 (.857 winning percentage) at UT (with 2 easy wins upcoming). Because of SEC refs, he's 35-14. Imagine the boost to recruiting and resources. He'd be on the cusp of a Saban run.

Imagine if you and others would stop blaming the refs for us getting out coached and out played. Imagine that.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Lol this just reeks of the “we were 16 points away from being undefeated” BS we used to hear from Butch.

Imagine Heup’s record if we didn’t let a bunch of offensive players have career days against us? Purdue throwing for 500 yards, Corral running for 200, Talen Green having his best game ever, Delp looking like Brock Bowers, Spencer Rattler looking like Mahomes, Cody Schraeder looking like Marshall Faulk, launching Kenny Pickett’s Heisman campaign. Or imagine, what if we just started scoring in every half?

And I have to lol at saying we lost to Pitt, 23 Florida/Bama, and Arkansas because of refs. And you actually blamed the rain for Georgia in 2022? Pure delusion and a pathetic thing to actually type out.

 

[Elhanan]

But he does have to beat the refs just like most coaches do.

Bad officiating is part of the game and it’s up to him to overcome it.

Just like he had to improve in any other aspect of the the game.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

I’ll give you 2021 and the SC loss in ‘22, but the other games we got beat straight up.

Georgia outplayed UT last Saturday but UT stood no chance with the bad calls in second half. every time UT was setup for a stop the phantom flags gave Georgia the momentum.

Even with how bad UT played, UT could have still been in the game in late Q4 if not for the Momentum flags.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

There are some games that I look at and say, “Without these bad calls, who knows?” Georgia last weekend is one of those, ‘23 Bama is another. Bad calls in those games are part of the reason we lost, but I’m not going to sit here and say we would have won were it not for officiating, because I don’t know it to be true.

Ole Miss and Purdue in ‘21 though we got stolen from us, period.

 

[Power_Sweep_Vol]

I thought this was sarcasm...it's serious? There are so many dumb people here it's depressing

 

[vols 30]

Is it the refs fault when we run the ball on 2nd and long for no gain?

Is it the refs fault when we give Beck enough time to read War and Peace before he throws a pass ?

 

[VOLfrombama]

You can call it whatever you want to, but the phantom facemask extended UGAly's drive when it was still a tie ballgame. They would have had to punt.

The no call PI on squirrel caused us to have to punt.

The reveiwed 12th man is the first time anyone has called that a penalty this season and Ive never heard of the 3 second rule. That's certainly not the way its been handled and there are dozens of examples of that this season. That extended a drive for them as well.

To say the refs didn't have a direct impact that game, especially in the second half, is short sighted.

 

[Volizona]

You could make an argument for the 2021 Ole Miss and Purdue games and perhaps last years Bama game. Those were egregious ref calls.

 

[rocketskates]

I’ll give you 2021 and the SC loss in ‘22, but the other games we got beat straight up.

Especially 2023 Florida. We just got flat whooped by Sunbelt Billy and a lesser team. No excuse for that.

 

[Golfprovol]

I’ll give you 2021 and the SC loss in ‘22, but the other games we got beat straight up.

The 2022 SC loss was a beat down, refs had nothing to do with that one.....

 

[CAVPUT]

The 2022 SC loss was a beat down, refs had nothing to do with that one.....

But I suspect Connor and our locker room issues certainly did.

 

[FLVOL_79]

This is what the internet calls cope.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

 

[Power_Sweep_Vol]

You can call it whatever you want to, but the phantom facemask extended UGAly's drive when it was still a tie ballgame. They would have had to punt.

The no call PI on squirrel caused us to have to punt.

The reveiwed 12th man is the first time anyone has called that a penalty this season and Ive never heard of the 3 second rule. That's certainly not the way its been handled and there are dozens of examples of that this season. That extended a drive for them as well.

To say the refs didn't have a direct impact that game, especially in the second half, is short sighted.

dude...you're aware that there were plenty of calls and non calls that went against Ga as well, right? You only see the ones that go against UT because you are a biased observer. It's called confirmation bias.

 

[VOLfrombama]

dude...you're aware that there were plenty of calls and non calls that went against Ga as well, right? You only see the ones that go against UT because you are a biased observer. It's called confirmation bias.

ok thanks for the psychology lesson. Now please supply the example penalties that were called against UGA that benefitted UT in the second half of the ballgame. Or at a minimum provide examples of no calls. If you can't supply facts to back up your statement, then that is called an appeal to ignorance

 

[Tnphil]

No other team but UT gets screwed by the refs....I watched football all day every Saturday and there's a lot of bad calls both ways.

I live by the saying I heard years ago....Losers make excuses, winners don't have to.