re: Other SEC fan bases: do y’all also think there is a bias?

I think there is a bias, well 2 actually. This isn’t limited to Bama at all. The refs are trying to protect the top teams of the SEC, whether it’s Bama, UGA, UF, LSU, etc. there is another bias and that is understandable: crowd noise. That can unintentionally affect the refs decision.

The SEC has no problem ‘using’ the historically weak teams to bolster the big boys into top bowls and playoff games. Every darned week, we send in the film and every darned week, we get a nice letter from the SEC. sure, once in a while we get a call and it mystifies us. But definitely they don’t call fair games and as the weakest of the weak, it sucks. The playing field hasn’t been level since before the rule changes 40 years ago. And SEC football isn’t as entertaining as it used to be: who wants to watch a game where you already know the outcome.