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orangebloodgmc said:
I know! This gets me every damn time I try to come home to E TN, from LA. There is not hardly any other way around it, though I have tried to veer west via Jasper and Whitwell.
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I live north of Atlanta, and I hate the drive to Nashville through Chattanooga so much that I’ve considered driving over to Alabama then north. But hey - good thing the genius leaders of the city spent hundreds of millions on the Internet. Who needs roads?
 
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Orange. said:
Hey, did you see the video from earlier today that showed that Telander did the exact same thing during the opening kickoff? Also the photo showing that not a single Bama defender paid the least attention to what Telander was doing on the occasion of the called penalty and that the ball was halfway to the goal line at the time.

Did you ever see a flag anywhere if you've rewatched the video? It seems weird to me that no flag was thrown, or at least I can't find one, and the announcers habitually call attention to a flag and speak about what the likely call may be. I suppose it is not an infraction, but simple a rule concerning the spot?

Or the extreme personal foul after the whistle. The whistle, incidentally, occurs just before anyone makes contact with Seldon. Not when he caught advanced the first step (that I can hear).

I really want to hear your take on the whole thing, a to z.
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When criticizing officials, it's best to stick to calls that they objectively got 100% wrong. If anyone on the return team waved a hand, technically the right call is to do what they did. Philosophically it's fraudulent because they've never flagged that before, but stick to calls that aren't technically correct to build a case against officials.
 
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Orange. said:
@jave36 Another strange happening is that none of the officials except the one listening to his radio appear to know the ball is to be spotted at the 4. An official signals first down at the spot where Seldon ended up after a lot of hits after the whistle. The guy listening to his radio takes a ball and starts walking toward the goal line, right past our huddle: that is apparently the only (circumstantial) evidence that something was called that was provided to our team. When they line up at the 4 the Bama players seem like they still don't know what has happened, although maybe they are looking for a signal for what defense to play. You can see on the video the official when he first puts his hand to his earpiece and listens, as though he had just be contacted by someone.
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One of the other officials told him to move it via radio. Our umpire on our high school crew does that all the time, puts his hand to his ear when we tell him to move the ball somewhere else.
 
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Jack Burton said:
It’s not a weird flex, it’s facts. Just look at the penalty disparity last year. They were almost 3x in penalties and yards. It can go both ways and we benefited last year. You are going to drive yourself to insanity breaking down every play of these games expecting change.

In the gospel of SEC football bad/biased officiating is canon.

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But here is the difference. Were any of the penalties on bama not actually penalties?
Was there any penalties not called against us?
If memory serves correct all the penalties were warranted.
 
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Orange. said:
I suppose he should have fallen to the ground holding his neck and the trainers need to come out, and then ask for the docs and go to the tent. 😂

But I bet that wouldn't have worked either. But what would the network have done about showing the replay? 😂 Show it? Or just suppress the replay, as they sometimes do, as needed. Explain away what happened and cut to a commercial.

Also that would have rewarded Bama with some plays with TB off the field.
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I was thinking that TB should have grabbed that arm and fallen where he’s sitting up. It would show the bama lineman trying to choke him out!
Surely they could not ignore that!

I know the answer, but a man can dream of fair play…😡
 
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jave36 said:
I've never seen a kicker stutter step start before the snap like that either.
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I just can’t imagine what would have happened if they had called that kick back on a false start. There was a hundred-thousand people’s decade and half of frustration and disappointment built up in that stadium.
 
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franklinpence said:
Update - still sitting here. This is awesome.
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Still sitting here. Pulled up the TDOT cameras on my phone. There’s an 18-wheeler laying across the interstate. Think they’re finally rerouting traffic to the exit just prior to the accident because we’re moving just barely.
 
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jave36 said:
One of the other officials told him to move it via radio. Our umpire on our high school crew does that all the time, puts his hand to his ear when we tell him to move the ball somewhere else.
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I get that, but which official threw the flag on the "fair catch" signal? I've not saw video evidence of a flag on the field and it was never said on the broadcast Saturday night. The head official even signaled 1st down. He would not have done that if there was a flag on the field. Whoever threw the flag would have immediately reported to the head official as soon as the whistle blew.


SERIOUS QUESTIONS:
Is the booth official allowed to call penalties or just the officials on the field?

Has anyone else saw a flag on that play?
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
I get that, but which official threw the flag on the "fair catch" signal? I've not saw video evidence of a flag and it was never said on the broadcast Saturday night. The head official even signaled 1st down. He would not have done that if there was a flag on the field. Whoever threw the flag would have immediately reported to the head official as soon as the whistle blew.

Is the booth official allowed to call penalties or just the officials on the field?
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Nope they just review spots of balls and turnovers..also catch and no catch...they have no say over calling penalties...talking about booth official..
 
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Heading up 75 this weekend for the game. Hearing interstate construction issues around Williamsburg…..anyone have details/tips for detours?
 
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