re: The officials were really bad during the UT game.

Refs always favor the extreme underdog in these games. It is just a way to help keep things from getting completely out of hand, and usually the much better team is still capable of exerting their will. For instance, in UT Martin game, refs allowed their DBs to get away with plenty of PI and they gave them a TD that was quite clearly not a catch either inbounds or out of bounds.