Josh Heupel on tonights “Officiating”

[ImAngryDave]

The refs don’t play quarterback, offensive line , defense or wide receiver . Quit crying over it .

 

[JCHateSteve]

The refs don’t play quarterback, offensive line , defense or wide receiver . Quit crying over it .

The players didn't officiate a terrible game. Quit crying about it.

 

[utvolz98]

The no PI call in the end zone was terrible.

Especially when the idiot side judge had already called Hadden for the same thing, twice!

 

[Alto1]

Especially when the idiot side judge had already called Hadden for the same thing, twice!

This^

 

[ImAngryDave]

The players didn't officiate a terrible game. Quit crying about it.

I ain’t crying , not sure what you’re smoking .

 

[JCHateSteve]

I ain’t crying , not sure what you’re smoking .

You're upset enough to try to stop a bunch of people on a message board from discussing something that you don't like. Sounds like crying to me.

 

[sjt18]

Ah the officiating excuse. Happens every single TN loss and every time we play bad.

So you are saying the officiating was good? If UT was holding on those screens then APSU was and vice versa. They weren't doing anything different. Hadden's two INTs probably shouldn't have been called but since they were then the two in the end zone by APSU should have been.

There are always questionable calls. There are always calls that fans dispute. These weren't questionable. That crew was flat out awful to the point where I wondered if they weren't betting on the spread.

 

[Hank Bukowski]

It’s Austin Peay. Bad calls shouldn’t have even been an issue. This game should have been over by halftime. We should have been up by 3-4 TDs. At that point the refs are irrelevant.

This all night and well into tomorrow.

 

[Old Spice]

The refs don’t play quarterback, offensive line , defense or wide receiver . Quit crying over it .

wait wut?,, but ,,,,wait wut?.. what?... nope thats not lunging and a targeting foul it was clean hit, even all those chop blocks /clipping non calls was a clean ball game.

 

[sjt18]

You guys do understand that you can recognize that the team played poorly and the officials sucked at the same time, right?

Milton was off target and out of rhythm. Every receiver had at least one drop. The OL blew assignments repeatedly.

And yeah... the officiating was absolutely awful.

I suspect Heupel recognizes that the team played poorly. And he was also hacked off about the officiating.

Each week every team puts together calls they think were bad and sends it to the SEC. The one UT sends should prompt an investigation or suspension of that crew. They were that bad.

 

[volfan102455]

Officiating had an impact on the scoring in this game. That is not meant as an excuse, just a statement of reality.

 

[volfan102455]

You guys do understand that you can recognize that the team played poorly and the officials sucked at the same time, right?

Milton was off target and out of rhythm. Every receiver had at least one drop. The OL blew assignments repeatedly.

And yeah... the officiating was absolutely awful.

I suspect Heupel recognizes that the team played poorly. And he was also hacked off about the officiating.

Each week every team puts together calls they think were bad and sends it to the SEC. The one UT sends should prompt an investigation or suspension of that crew. They were that bad.

This especially the last statement - they were that bad.

 

[vol4him]

The receiver is lined up way offsides right in front of the sideline ref and our DB is pointing it out. It never got called

Shoot, forget the offsides, there is 9 guys on the line of scrimmage; clearly an illegal formation

 

[GoVols1961]

Shoot, forget the offsides, there is 9 guys on the line of scrimmage; clearly an illegal formation

That's not illegal. You must have at least 7 on the line. You can have 10 if you want.

 

[ALLVOL 4LIFE]

No one has even mentioned that there should have been at least 3 more delay penalties called on AP.

Regardless, the offense played bad, but if some of these questionable calls were made, AP would have not been in position go for it ALMOST EVERY 4th Down. And the D still held there own, just had to play a lot more than they should have.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

The refs don’t play quarterback, offensive line , defense or wide receiver . Quit crying over it .

Hey we played terrible, that still don’t excuse that level of officiating.

 

[majinVol]

what on earth was the explanation on the fumble review? there wasn't enough time to review it?

 

[Orange.]

Might be one of the worst officiated games I’ve seen. All that said, you should still beat Austin Peay by 30 even on a night where the officials are against you.

Have you seen who the officiating crew was? And I wonder who from the Birmingham office was participating in the review calls, as is their practice.

 

[Orange.]

ACC

Do you have a source for that? And also the individual crew members?

 

[djwes]

Ah the officiating excuse. Happens every single TN loss and every time we play bad.

Clear you know zero about football, Tenn played very poorly but the officiating is a separate issue, was wildly inconsistent (even by HS standards) and they made up something thats not in the rule book to avoid overturning the fumble recovery. The no call PI on White was about as text book as they come, especially considering what they called on our corner.

Also what is this “we” stuff, were you playing? I coach HS & MS , my kids compete, coaches and especially fans do not.

 

[tennrich1]

I think it’s safe to say we both struggled in the game…Vols and officials!! CLEARLY….neither were at their peak performance tonight

 

[KTrain]

The Officials cousins and in laws had multiple bets on AP and 48 points and cleaned up in Vegas just keep it under 48. Everybody else is making money NIL and all have all friends and relatives bet online and share the proceeds. It happens not saying this game but it's hard to catch if you keep the bets low and spread out. The Alabama baseball coach was doing this and got too greedy to many big bets from his friends in Ohio and got caught and fired that was recent.

 

[Stacmot]

Does anyone know where this crew was from? Surely not an sec crew

 

[kiddiedoc]

what on earth was the explanation on the fumble review? there wasn't enough time to review it?

I would like to hear this, as well. Couldn't hear in the stadium through the boos.

 

[Tin Man]

The SEC avers that quality officiating is provided by amateur, part-time officials.