Regarding Saban's reaction to the late pass interference penalty

Probably just mad cause like you said, it sealed the game, or at least made things much harder.

It was without a doubt clearly pi though.

That's how Saban teaches it, sometimes that's hard for a ref to see in the heat of the moment. 9/10 times that interference goes uncalled because ref is not in a position to see it. It was clearly pass int and needed to be called.

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It probably wasn't as obvious live.

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yep.

anyone have a gif for it, i didn't see it

Good coaches scream at refs all the time, especially in crucial moments, see Coach K in bball or Belicheck etc etc.

On the other hand you get a Leslie Frazier/Art Shell coach in a coma approach.

i'll take the Saban screaming personally

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anyone have a gif for it, i didn't see it

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It was really obvious from behind, but not so much from the side or front. Great technique, but blatant PI

Because that never gets called against Bama in an SEC game

Who gives a frick? That is what coaches do. Are you really trying to make this a big deal?

Although the penalty was legitimate, it seemed to me that it was thrown well after the end of the play - and after much booing by the Oklahoma fans. That made it look like the ref had listened to the fans but had not actually seen the play.

I doubt that it would have been as noticeable of a penalty from sideline level.

Finally, it is possible that Saban was upset with the player who committed the penalty.

Either way, I don't see that it's a big deal how he reacted - and I do not like him. It was a critical call at a critical moment in the game, as well.