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re: Can anyone confirm that it was Burleson in the replay booth?

Posted on 11/11/09 at 5:12 pm to
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
26320 posts
Posted on 11/11/09 at 5:12 pm to
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Although the replay official for the LSU-Alabama game was Gerald Hodges, the “replay supervisor” for the LSU-Alabama game was a man named Dick Burleson, according to Paul Finebaum.

Mr. Burleson’s official website:
https://www.dickburleson.com/index.html

According to Finebaum, Burleson was in the instant replay booth for the LSU-Alabama game, and has the ability to give "advice" about calls involving instant replay. Quoted directly from his website … “He is now an SEC staff advisor on officiating and evaluates officials performance each Saturday from the press box and assists with instant replay.” Also, another quote taken directly from his website … “He is a native of Alabama and was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame.” Mr. Burleson is same man that wrote a book about his time as an official that was named after something his good friend Bear Bryant supposedly said to him during a game ... "You Better Be Right.” Mr. Burleson lives in Blount County, Alabama and often speaks at Alabama booster club meetings, as well as other speaking engagements around the country, and is compensated for those speaking engagements.

A photo taken directly from the front page of Mr. Burleson’s website shows Burleson with Finebaum, a very popular Alabama sports talk radio host:



Although most reasonable people would agree that there is no “conspiracy” in the SEC in regards to Alabama, most reasonable people would agree that Mr. Burleson should certainly not be involved in any football game involving the Crimson Tide due to his natural bias. But, nonetheless, he was.

What is the SEC’s response to all of this? … “No comment.”
Posted by Ray Ray Rodman
Florida
Member since Mar 2005
17654 posts
Posted on 11/11/09 at 5:27 pm to
I think the NCAA needs to look into this!

Boy that repeat offender situation could kill Bama.
Posted by TulaneTigerFan
Seattle
Member since Sep 2005
35856 posts
Posted on 11/11/09 at 5:31 pm to
Can you link where the quoted passage comes from?
Posted by ljhog
Lake Jackson, Tx.
Member since Apr 2009
19090 posts
Posted on 11/11/09 at 9:11 pm to
His just-released book “You Better Be Right” has reached the #1 Best Sellers list at Barnes & Noble Bookstores.

Ok, that's just too rich!!
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