re: Auburn safety clapped to cause bad snap

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Saban confirmed after the game that Alabama was not on a silent count; we tried it against TAMU and had nine false starts. Regardless of whether the center heard him, the Auburn player violated a rule that has been enforced consistently this season and he should have been penalized, giving Alabama second and goal from the 4 instead of third and goal from the 26 or thereabouts. Thankfully, Alabama won, so it doesn’t matter. But, no matter how you slice it, it was a missed call with an enormous impact.

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Good take. Agree, no matter if it caused the snap or not(which i believe it did), the ref should have thrown a flag for the DB clapping. Overall AU got more their way by the refs.