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Posted on 11/10/25 at 10:31 am to wareaglepete
Posted on 11/10/25 at 10:31 am to wareaglepete
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I bet in the SEC the initial call would have been that he was out of bounds and then replay would not have overturned because they would have said they did not have indisputable evidence.
They overturned Cams catch against Vandy.
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Posted on 11/10/25 at 10:35 am to Beachbum87
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They overturned Cams catch against Vandy.
Well, that leads to the other argument against the officiating that others have been talking about. I hope the evidence was indisputable
Posted on 11/10/25 at 11:18 am to wareaglepete
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Think about this. Think back to 2013. Going in to the Iron Bowl, what if we had had 2 or 3 SEC losses and would not have gone to SECCG or BCS if we won. Would the game have been called differently? Would there have been some kind of phantom flag on the Kick Six? Did both teams being in a position for post-season keep the officiating neutral? Who knows?
The fix was in when they added one second. Would Auburn have gotten the review had we been on offense? Boy, did that backfire for them.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:52 pm to all4AU
Trying to buy Saban a field goal.
They couldn’t claim OOB when he made the cut during the return……the fat stripes were nowhere to be found.
That’s why Saban claims Jordan Hare is haunted…..
Inman was shooting off his mouth about the coach search…..told my neighbor….Inman still hasn’t recovered the fumble that gave Cam the Heisman…..STFU
They couldn’t claim OOB when he made the cut during the return……the fat stripes were nowhere to be found.
That’s why Saban claims Jordan Hare is haunted…..
Inman was shooting off his mouth about the coach search…..told my neighbor….Inman still hasn’t recovered the fumble that gave Cam the Heisman…..STFU
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:37 am to awestruck
Consider this.
The Referee, terminated due to the Georgia/Auburn deceit….had informed the SEC that he was retiring at the end of this season. He was used as a scapegoat to cover for the errors of back to back games where the refs impacted the score by their mistakes.
There was no penalty for either White Hat……just a publicity stunt.
I maintain….Birmingham is the problem!
The Referee, terminated due to the Georgia/Auburn deceit….had informed the SEC that he was retiring at the end of this season. He was used as a scapegoat to cover for the errors of back to back games where the refs impacted the score by their mistakes.
There was no penalty for either White Hat……just a publicity stunt.
I maintain….Birmingham is the problem!
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:31 pm to bluedragon
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I maintain….Birmingham is the problem!
Consider this... (for arguments sake)... mere hypothetical scenario.
Without those two losses would Hugh have lost his job?*
So why doesn't he file suit for damages. He's likely to never get another chance at this level, so in essence his career is cut short or greatly diminished, and the SEC has given him a likely avenue by their acknowledgement of rampant ineptitude.
Both the referee's and SEC cost him untold millions and irrevocably damaged his reputation. Would we have terminated his contract (this year, mid season, or ever) with a winning record? No one knows for sure; however it was noted that Oklahoma's staff informed these officials of the their deception plan and then they played ostrich instead of doing their job. It was a travesty of their own making through neglect, ineptitude, and failure to perform in an equal and above board manner.
And ironically they compounded their short comings again last week... so even a pattern of damaging the University could likely be established. No I'm not an attorney just thinking out loud that it might be time to lawyer up. It worked for poor players so maybe it might work for a pushed out of his job coach. And what does Hugh have to lose except a couple days of golf.
(*silver lining)
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:43 pm to awestruck
Auburn would have lost. Consider the coach. However….
Oklahoma was a question concerning the hidden receiver question. In which all teams, coaches and Referees had been informed that the play was illegal.
In the pregame, Oklahoma claimed White Hat and Umpire approved the play. Neither Ref was admonished for the error. That should have been a fired Ref if, Oklahoma was being truthful.
But the SEC found a ready for prime time scapegoat in the Georgia game. A White Hat that had notified them of his intended retirement before the start of the season.
Both were serious mistakes by the White Hat, yet only one is dismissed publically. How much do you want to bet….the dismissed Ref has been working out of site for SEC in some other capacity.
Get the Headquarters out of Birmingham.
Oklahoma was a question concerning the hidden receiver question. In which all teams, coaches and Referees had been informed that the play was illegal.
In the pregame, Oklahoma claimed White Hat and Umpire approved the play. Neither Ref was admonished for the error. That should have been a fired Ref if, Oklahoma was being truthful.
But the SEC found a ready for prime time scapegoat in the Georgia game. A White Hat that had notified them of his intended retirement before the start of the season.
Both were serious mistakes by the White Hat, yet only one is dismissed publically. How much do you want to bet….the dismissed Ref has been working out of site for SEC in some other capacity.
Get the Headquarters out of Birmingham.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:00 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
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One of the OU fans had a solid idea on the Rant that is now buried - we need a dedicated Ref Board, where we can track bad/no calls and which crews make them. Keep some stats, just like everyone does for the teams themselves. Ironic that this idea came from an OU fan.....but still a good one.
This is a really good idea imo.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:46 pm to TemperdTiger
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Vandy had 3 penalties last night and hardly was called for holding on offense when they should've been several times.
The Vandy offense was allowed to do take-downs and tackle defenders!
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:11 pm to bluedragon
Maybe I could get a Maintenance position in the office since I live close. Maybe I could go in as a spy and reporting to a University Lawyer 
Posted on 11/14/25 at 10:08 am to HailToTheChiz
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This year it's deserved. The outcry should remain loud from all teams until there is transparent and accountability from the officiating crews AND the replay team in Birmingham
I'm with all of you on that. That shite hurt us in two HUGE games. I hate those MF, too.. we need full-time, dedicated refs, who are transparent, publicly accountable, and are promoted based on meritocracy.
There's just a piece of me that is convinced it's hurting our team in real time. it was a knee-jerk post. I was wrong. We should be fricking mad
Posted on 11/14/25 at 10:31 am to michaeldwde
quote:And well paid enough that they'd submit to being audited without warning.... (and at least annually)
we need full-time, dedicated refs, who are transparent, publicly accountable, and are promoted based on meritocracy.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:00 am to BrockersFG
Trouble with that thought.
Most fans are idiots, guided by two bigger idiots behind a mike.
Test: What is a lateral?
Answer: nothing. Not in the book. Forward pass, backward pass. That simple.
Most fans are idiots, guided by two bigger idiots behind a mike.
Test: What is a lateral?
Answer: nothing. Not in the book. Forward pass, backward pass. That simple.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:16 am to bluedragon
We still haven’t figured out what happened at our playoff game Friday night. 4 point loss at Saraland so every call meant something.
In the 4th Saraland QB is being tackled by our guy and throws ball out of bounds. Grounding is called. They walk off the penalty, line up the ball then both teams come to the line. Play is stopped. Officials huddle then they walked back the other way and spotted ball back at previous LOS. Ref never made an announcement, PA guy didn’t. We were confused and mad. Did HS get replay?
Next time an official came to our side, I couldn’t hear everything coach said, but I know he called the guy a coward.
In the 4th Saraland QB is being tackled by our guy and throws ball out of bounds. Grounding is called. They walk off the penalty, line up the ball then both teams come to the line. Play is stopped. Officials huddle then they walked back the other way and spotted ball back at previous LOS. Ref never made an announcement, PA guy didn’t. We were confused and mad. Did HS get replay?
Next time an official came to our side, I couldn’t hear everything coach said, but I know he called the guy a coward.
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 8:19 am
Posted on 11/16/25 at 5:12 pm to wareaglepete
You see some replay in State Championship games. Not much, occasionally.
You meet interesting people in playoff series.
Plant City, Fl. Tony Dungee came to see his son. Came to the locker room.
Lot of fun…..
You meet interesting people in playoff series.
Plant City, Fl. Tony Dungee came to see his son. Came to the locker room.
Lot of fun…..
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:13 pm to bluedragon
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Plant City, Fl. Tony Dungee came to see his son. Came to the locker room.
Lot of fun…..
You live in Plant City? Do you coach around there?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:36 pm to 88TIger
Officiated in Pinellas County, with contracts in Manatee County. When playoffs take place you go to the surrounding counties where you never officiated during the season. That’s when we travel for 2-4 hours to get to a game.
Semi Pro was worse. Travel four to six hours. Got paid better.playoffs there were in NCAA stadiums.
Semi Pro was worse. Travel four to six hours. Got paid better.playoffs there were in NCAA stadiums.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:36 pm to bluedragon
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Officiated in Pinellas County, with contracts in Manatee County.
Nice. I can imagine that it is rough. I live in Manatee County. There are some great games in the area.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 10:50 am to REV-S
quote:Deserves to be bumped... most every weekend.
Officiating
REV-S
It will be that way until they move the Sec offices out of Birmingham.
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