Interesting article by Zach Ragan tonight

[rjd970]

The facemask call was legit, it was quick but the grabbed and tugged on the facemask. Even if he hadn't, it was still 3rd down and 8 (and like a 4 down situation if they'd needed it). I'd have been shocked if we had stopped them.

The frustration is they see some fingers on a helmet but miss a false start by Beck and botch a 12 man call. Sometimes they have x-ray vision and sometimes they make it up as they go. GA always seemed to benefit.

 

[MurphyVol]

The frustration is they see some fingers on a helmet but miss a false start by Beck and botch a 12 man call. Sometimes they have x-ray vision and sometimes they make it up as they go. GA always seemed to benefit.

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

To have played UGA as close as we did on the road for most of the game with such an awful game plan on both sides of the ball tells me the talent gap is closing somewhat. This game was on the coaches.

 

[adam.vol]

Chugga Chugga. Chugga Chugga. Choo choo!!!

Gaslighting express, coming through!

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Zach is a fan forum poster posing as a journalist.

 

[tbh]

If the players and coaching staff executed, a few no-calls or tossup penalties wouldn't have made the difference. As frustrating as the Cult of the Blind Zebra can be, the loss is not on them. It's on the coaches and players.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The frustration is they see some fingers on a helmet but miss a false start by Beck and botch a 12 man call. Sometimes they have x-ray vision and sometimes they make it up as they go. GA always seemed to benefit.

I think what they saw was his helmet pop off during the tackle and he did have his hand on the guy's facemask even though he didn't rip his helmet off by the facemask (which is probably what the official thought happened in real-time).

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

To have played UGA as close as we did on the road for most of the game with such an awful game plan on both sides of the ball tells me the talent gap is closing somewhat. This game was on the coaches.

On the 12 man call what probably drew the booth review was the lackadaisical manner the lineman was exiting the field to start with, I remember thinking "damn, hurry up". What angered me initially about that was that no flag was thrown, but once they said it was something that could draw a booth initiated review, I calmed down, because I 100% can see how the eye in the sky saw it.

 

[adam.vol]

Zach is a fan forum poster posing as a journalist.

Generally, anyone who claims to be a journalist has sacrificed their neutrality to write propaganda for whomever can pay their bills. All their consumer wants is publication of a one sided opinion.

Show me the story where someone cites all the questionable rulings and then says we don’t know who would have won if all the rules had been followed. We only know who won in a questionably biased contest. The story should be “SEC officials leaned in favor of the bulldogs. Outcome: Georgia victory.” That’s the only thing a non-homer would feel smart about reading.

Unfortunately, people aren’t paying journalists to write regional sports stories for the national audience. The national media is invested in their tv contracts and aren’t interested in being informative these days.

 

[Sarms58]

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

I have laughed in previous games when the other team subs on offense and Heupel has our D sub anf slow walk off the field. Several times it’s forced the other team to burn a timeout. However we got bit last night because the referee gave us a reasonable time to get off the field and then let Georgia proceed. I bet there have been a few complaints about our tactic.

 

[ftsandersvol]

All I know is when Georgia looked like they needed some help to sustain a drive they got it.

 

[Lekvolrrah]

https://atozsports.com/nashville/vo...r-agenda-athens-georgia-tennessee-vols-proof/

Though we didn't play well, Georgia got a few breaks.

If Tenn players executed better on O they would have been in a better position to win.

 

[hUTch2002]

Good grief. We got out coached and out played. Vol fans need to get over it. When we win very little is said about officiating.

There were a couple questionable calls but it certainly wasn’t enough to make a difference when you’re getting outscored 31-7. No officiating makes up for that. You knew it was Georgia’s night when you had the fumble that was actually a dropped pass followed by a fumble by a dude running full speed that somehow ended up right back in his hands. Then you flip to us and we’re dropping an easy pass for a big first down. In a game like this a couple plays can swing the whole thing. That last play of the first quarter seemed to change everything. UGA figured something out on offense starting there and we couldn’t stop them the rest of the game.