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[mpfvol]

The non called holding calls against TN is absolutely drives me crazy . I have not counted them but seems like its only been 1 all year . And heck sometimes they are tackling TN players . and the No face mask on Milton in FL and then Nico Ref looking straight at him . I just find it weird I guess this year is way worse than last year or the year before .

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Good for you. So you're just watching for entertainment value and don't take the results seriously, eh?

That's a strategy. Like watching wrasslin', I guess.

Honestly, that’s how I view all sports now, as entertainment. I don’t let myself get too high or too low anymore and I definitely don’t take the results serious.
It makes watching my teams so much more fun.

 

[njvols]

I think in the grand scheme, most fans say their team gets the worst ref calls...though some lately against VOLS have been really bad. I also think that when we continue to have an overabundance of self-inflicted penalties, (way too many pre-snap and also during play), that when a bad call happens, it's just further rubbing salt in the wound. We've got to be able to get out of our own way. When this team gets behind the sticks, we're destined for a punt most of the time and don't have Hooker/Hyatt to bail us out.

 

[chattavol420]

I feel like the officiating nearly always goes both ways over the course of the game. Florida fans were complaining that on both of our long plays that went four touchdowns against them Bru had ran what should have been flagged as illegal pick place.

The deal where the official kicked the ball could’ve worked out in our favor. He came back in to re-spot the ball, but move back out of the way. The center and quarterback would have known the ball was spotted and ready for play yet Florida at that time decided to sub their entire defense who came right across the line of scrimmage in no hurry whatsoever. A savvy/veteran quarterback instantly snaps the ball and picks up the free first down.

 

[SpookyAction]

I feel like the officiating nearly always goes both ways over the course of the game. Florida fans were complaining that on both of our long plays that went four touchdowns against them Bru had ran what should have been flagged as illegal pick place.

The deal where the official kicked the ball could’ve worked out in our favor. He came back in to re-spot the ball, but move back out of the way. The center and quarterback would have known the ball was spotted and ready for play yet Florida at that time decided to sub their entire defense who came right across the line of scrimmage in no hurry whatsoever. A savvy/veteran quarterback instantly snaps the ball and picks up the free first down.

Not Joe's finest moment.
If memory serves, Joe was watching our sideline.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Honestly, that’s how I view all sports now, as entertainment. I don’t let myself get too high or too low anymore and I definitely don’t take the results serious.
It makes watching my teams so much more fun.

I can only watch the NBA now expecting the rules to be as loose as a Globetrotters game. I'm not sure why that product is so successful because for me it's a waste of some very talented and very physically gifted athletes just putting on an exhibition 99% of the time.

I really enjoy March Madness. Every now and then it almost feels like old college sports again when some smaller school makes a little run in the tournament. Usually by the Round of 8 it's all "corporate" teams and I lose interest.

NCAA football is poorly reffed but not corrupt in my eyes. The game in major conferences deserves professional refs and much of the poor quality of the refs comes from the lack of good, consistent, professional training. The NCAA tried to keep as much of the 1950s (no NIL, no wholesale transfers, no pro refs) while the players got larger, faster, and way more athletic. The refs are not at the level the players are.

NCAA baseball has the same issue. The umps are dismal, just nowhere near the quality the players deserve.

I quit watching MLB years ago. It's just too dull and the steroid era was too obviously approved of at high levels...... until it wasn't. MLB WAS corrupt all the way to the Commissioner.

I might be terribly naive but I think college football, what's left of it at least, is watchable. Yeah, I wish the refs were professionals and made better calls, but I spent several years watching TN coaches making millions who weren't worth a dang...... and if anything was a conspiracy, it was the way Fulmer refused to butt out of the film room, etc and Donde allowed it.

 

[DrTNT]

Going after the refs as "corrupt" is among the weakest of excuses for our own inefficient, foot shooting offense.

They miss calls. It happens. Always has and always will. If you truly believe it's WWE, why watch unless you just want to be entertained?

If that's what you believe, you're wasting your time watching college football and expecting it not to be rigged.

Spoiler alert: it's not rigged. The refs don't hate us. ESPN doesn't hate us. It's a game played by imperfect players and reffed by imperfect refs.

Have you watched any of the last 3 games? The officiating has been atrocious, not just a few missed calls here and there, but blatant BS (crack back block, Nico looking out an ear hole, Keyton having his jersey practically ripped off by Florida defender holding him, AP getting to do the same thing Hadden has been flagged for w/o a penalty, UTSA pick play… plenty more examples) while allowing opponents to get away with whatever (have lost count of the number of “missed” holding calls against our D-line alone this year)

 

[DrTNT]

Take one out right off the bat and send a message to his buddies.............View attachment 582082

Could imagine Milton throwing that with all he has?

 

[Volfan574]

I know all schools think the refs give them a bad wrap, but it really does seem ESPECIALLY bad for the VOLS, in all sports.

I agree it’s not just football. In baseball when we played Clemson I remember every close call went Clemsons way but replay helped us out on some of those to get overturned. Also our LSU game at Omaha was bad.

 

[Rememberthelate90s]

I think you already know the answer.

Here's another thought. I'm beginning to think that the officials absolutely hate our up-tempo offense because it puts a ton of stress on them trying to accommodate our pace. The solution?...start slinging the laundry, accidentally kick a football (yeah right), etc. in order to slow the game down to something they can manage. Not stating it as a fact, just a random thought.

They allowed UTSA to sub when we didn't sub twice last game.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Have you watched any of the last 3 games? The officiating has been atrocious, not just a few missed calls here and there, but blatant BS (crack back block, Nico looking out an ear hole, Keyton having his jersey practically ripped off by Florida defender holding him, AP getting to do the same thing Hadden has been flagged for w/o a penalty, UTSA pick play… plenty more examples) while allowing opponents to get away with whatever (have lost count of the number of “missed” holding calls against our D-line alone this year)

I agree the refs are amateurs and should be professionals, but are you also saying it's "rigged against TN?"

If so, why do you watch games that are tilted.... for nothing more than the amusement and to enrich ESPN, the SEC, and UT with massive payouts for putting on a show for you?

I mean, why bother caring if it's all just theater?

If it's just bad, that's one thing. If you think it's not only bad, but corrupt...... why endure it?

 

[GulfCoasterVol]

My very last game in high school we were way ahead of the other team near the end of the game, there had been several weak calls on us during the course of the game.... one of the ref's threw his flag and called a ticky tack unsportsmanlike penalty on us for a minor retaliatory shove. The teammate that it was called on walked up to the ref looked him straight in the eye and told him "You're full of S**t Ref !!!" The dude reached for his flag he had already thrown and no flag was there.... he got soooo mad and red faced he ran over to another ref and ripped the flag out of the other guys pocket and threw it... we were all laughing... which made him madder...it was right at the end of our last game as Seniors..... Ha !

Good times......

 

[SN-A-C Orange]

Mistakes and missed calls do happen!
Refs are often selected and sent to games in order to send a message to a team!
Refs do have both conscious and unconscious bias!
Coaches and players can create negative bias toward his team during the game!
Underdogs and Cinderellas can get positive decisions from refs.
Finally, refs can create negative bias by refusing to make calls for fear of influencing the outcome of the game!
This is actually a more complicated topic ... but those who are on the conspiracy bandwagon probably think I'm an agent of the SEC office.

 

[Elhanan]

So far it’s been pretty bad. UF and AP stand out the most.

UT rarely gets favorable officiating; if anything, the opposite. So I fully expect the refs to make more terrible calls, no calls, and to be openly hostile towards UT. Or at least woefully incompetent enough to hurt us in vital points during the game.

Just like every team before them they’ll just have to learn to “beat the refs” too. Life’s not fair and neither is football.