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Ty4Vols

Ty4Vols

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Still f'n mad. Woke up mad. First article I read is an AtoZ Sports article about the officiating. Link below
I 100% believe the game was influenced and changed due to the officiating. Can't 100% say the Vols or Bama for that matter would have played the same had the game been called correctly. Field position, game situation, and momentum influence play calling for every team.
I'm mad because I spent 4 hours watching something so unnatural it was fake. There is bad officiating in almost every game with missed or phantom calls but this went way past that and became so egregious it was obvious.
Yes there is poor play calling and yes Milton is hot garbage and yes the Vols didn't execute but rarely if ever does any team get that perfect. Tennessee was forced to be perfect while playing 2 hand touch and Bama was allowed to play Mortal Combat with cheat codes.
There is an expression, which came first the chicken or the egg, in this game it was obvious the bad calls from the officials came first then the play calling and execution issues followed for the Vols. Vice-versa Bama got the calls then their execution improved greatly. The refs changed the game in every way they possibly could. You will be hard pressed to find a drive they didn't change the outcome of in the second half by influencing field position and changing momentum. Even add in a few from the first half to be completely honest.
Since I know the SEC will not do anything about it and I know it will continue to happen. I must decide if I still enjoy this sport. I love the Vols but I'm left wondering if I love a sport for what it once was or what it has become.
Headed to work then playing some golf. Notice no NFL for me as I gave up on it for the same reasons 4 years ago. Heck I used to watch college ball all day long now I'm down to the Vols game and bits and pieces of a few random others.
Just not a fan of football turning into professional wrestling. At least in wrestling they don't hide it's fake.
 
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Ty4Vols said:
Still f'n mad. Woke up mad. First article I read is an AtoZ Sports article about the officiating. Link below
I 100% believe the game was influenced and changed due to the officiating. Can't 100% say the Vols or Bama for that matter would have played the same had the game been called correctly. Field position, game situation, and momentum influence play calling for every team.
I'm mad because I spent 4 hours watching something so unnatural it was fake. There is bad officiating in almost every game with missed or phantom calls but this went way past that and became so egregious it was obvious.
Yes there is poor play calling and yes Milton is hot garbage and yes the Vols didn't execute but rarely if ever does any team get that perfect. Tennessee was forced to be perfect while playing 2 hand touch and Bama was allowed to play Mortal Combat with cheat codes.
There is an expression, which came first the chicken or the egg, in this game it was obvious the bad calls from the officials came first then the play calling and execution issues followed for the Vols. Vice-versa Bama got the calls then their execution improved greatly. The refs changed the game in every way they possibly could. You will be hard pressed to find a drive they didn't change the outcome of in the second half by influencing field position and changing momentum. Even add in a few from the first half to be completely honest.
Since I know the SEC will not do anything about it and I know it will continue to happen. I must decide if I still enjoy this sport. I love the Vols but I'm left wondering if I love a sport for what it once was or what it has become.
Headed to work then playing some golf. Notice no NFL for me as I gave up on it for the same reasons 4 years ago. Heck I used to watch college ball all day long now I'm down to the Vols game and bits and pieces of a few random others.
Just not a fan of football turning into professional wrestling. At least in wrestling they don't hide it's fake.
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I woke up at 2:30 mad about it. I thought I had calmed down when I went to bed, but I guess I calmed back up.
 
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TVOL71 said:
Did you watch the game? There were at least 4 blatant holding situations that were not called, including one on the Bama TD at the beginning of the second half where Bama lineman was holding Vol D-lineman (which would have negated the TD with 10 yard penalty) and one on Bama DB holding Squirrel at the goal line in 4th quarter so that he could not get to the pass thrown to him that would have been a TD except for the hold (first and goal if the penalty was properly called). And Vol DB was called for holding after barely touching the receiver shirt on a pass that he would not have caught even if the shirt would not have been touched (third down play). That is just a few of the missed calls, but oh yeah, Bama did get called for a whopping 5 yards in penalties. By the way, the two missed holds above would be at least a 2 touchdown swing, leaving the game at least tied.
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And the sole call "on" Bama was simply to give them a free "do over." It was a call for Bama.
 
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With the money NCAA makes, they have finally let the players get some through a round about avenue called NIL. Now, they need to start a full time company where officials train full time and have full time pay and benefits and get younger officials with no other side job. Some of these guys take plays off some are in their 50s and do the best they can but some are out of shape and eyesight questionable. They work their normal jobs all week and then do these games. All these guys are big sports fans they got into Officiating because they love the game and were not very good players but wanted to still be a part of the game. So guess what some like you and me have favorite teams they pull for and with all these gambling sites on line, I wouldn't trust anyone. 28% of people in America bet on football games 73.5 million, up 57 % since 2022 a rapid growth. Whether its in Vegas or online like venues like Fan side. They need the Officials to be full time job and train in off-season and have better oversight and vetted. Some don't need to call games for their favorite team or schools that friends and relatives go to and bet on. Theirs a ton of money being made some straight up and some not so much.
 
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Cartervol said:
I probably had a mini stroke last night. I may just quit watching football. Vegas and all the gambling has just about ruined the sport. They did everything but kick the ball like in the UF game on the second half to help Bama.
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Iowa has a much bigger gripe this morning. They were absolutely screwed last night by the same BS phantom fair catch call
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Iowa has a much bigger gripe this morning. They were absolutely screwed last night by the same BS phantom fair catch call
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What the he'll is that? Never have i seen that called. Let's just make up some shat. Like I said, I may just listen on the radio the rest of the year. I find myself caring way too much and I shouldn't. We all knew they were going to screw us down there..
 
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Cartervol said:
What the he'll is that? Never I even seen that called. Let's just make up some shat. Like I said, I may just listen on the radio the rest of the year. I find myself caring way too much and I shouldn't. We all knew they were going to screw us down there..
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The red woman said at that point.
“They are going to keep us from winning. They’re just making things up now”
It’s funny because she knows the rules better than most who played the game.
One of my favorite things is when we’re at the game and she’s explaining the rules to the dudes around us.
 
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Ty4Vols said:
Still f'n mad. Woke up mad. First article I read is an AtoZ Sports article about the officiating. Link below
I 100% believe the game was influenced and changed due to the officiating. Can't 100% say the Vols or Bama for that matter would have played the same had the game been called correctly. Field position, game situation, and momentum influence play calling for every team.
I'm mad because I spent 4 hours watching something so unnatural it was fake. There is bad officiating in almost every game with missed or phantom calls but this went way past that and became so egregious it was obvious.
Yes there is poor play calling and yes Milton is hot garbage and yes the Vols didn't execute but rarely if ever does any team get that perfect. Tennessee was forced to be perfect while playing 2 hand touch and Bama was allowed to play Mortal Combat with cheat codes.
There is an expression, which came first the chicken or the egg, in this game it was obvious the bad calls from the officials came first then the play calling and execution issues followed for the Vols. Vice-versa Bama got the calls then their execution improved greatly. The refs changed the game in every way they possibly could. You will be hard pressed to find a drive they didn't change the outcome of in the second half by influencing field position and changing momentum. Even add in a few from the first half to be completely honest.
Since I know the SEC will not do anything about it and I know it will continue to happen. I must decide if I still enjoy this sport. I love the Vols but I'm left wondering if I love a sport for what it once was or what it has become.
Headed to work then playing some golf. Notice no NFL for me as I gave up on it for the same reasons 4 years ago. Heck I used to watch college ball all day long now I'm down to the Vols game and bits and pieces of a few random others.
Just not a fan of football turning into professional wrestling. At least in wrestling they don't hide it's fake.
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Saban made a deal with someone years ago when he got to that crooked shat hole of a town.. Refs been in their pocket since he showed up...
 
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KTrain said:
With the money NCAA makes, they have finally let the players get some through a round about avenue called NIL. Now, they need to start a full time company where officials train full time and have full time pay and benefits and get younger officials with no other side job. Some of these guys take plays off some are in their 50s and do the best they can but some are out of shape and eyesight questionable. They work their normal jobs all week and then do these games. All these guys are big sports fans they got into Officiating because they love the game and were not very good players but wanted to still be a part of the game. So guess what some like you and me have favorite teams they pull for and with all these gambling sites on line, I wouldn't trust anyone. 28% of people in America bet on football games 73.5 million, up 57 % since 2022 a rapid growth. Whether its in Vegas or online like venues like Fan side. They need the Officials to be full time job and train in off-season and have better oversight and vetted. Some don't need to call games for their favorite team or schools that friends and relatives go to and bet on. Theirs a ton of money being made some straight up and some not so much.
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No amount of training is going to change what we are seeing in the sport. Gambling is the problem.
 
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