Insane officiating stat from the 2nd half of the year

It's stupid. We had some of the best pass rushers in the country and nobody ever held them.

Combine that with the Opponents Penalties stat where we rank dead last and it's just crazy how the refs keep their flags in their pockets. Makes no sense.

Again, to avoid sounding like Stan White or an LSU fan, we won 26 straight games, there isn't a systematic conspiracy out there to bring us down, and the refs aren't the reason we lost, but that's just ridiculous.

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Again, to avoid sounding like Stan White or an LSU fan, we won 26 straight games, there isn't a systematic conspiracy out there to bring us down, and the refs aren't the reason we lost, but that's just ridiculous.

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Exactly. I hesitated to even post this, but with our defensive line that number is just nuts.

However, I did read an interesting tweet from Cole Cubelic that said that part of that is because our defensive line has such great technique that they avoid being held quite a bit. He said there are specific techniques taught to avoid getting mucked up in the line, and that our guys were the best he'd ever seen at that. He said it really negated the opportunity for offensive linemen to hold us.

Now, even with that, 1 hold in 8 games is stupid. Like, clearly officials just decided the burden of proof was almost unattainable.

Somebody posted it on another board.

But L6S and the barn say we get all the calls..