Started By
Message

Kool-Aid McKinstry was on the 30-yard line when that flag came out...

Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:11 pm
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69810 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:11 pm
And it was thrown by the official on the opposite side of the field. My work computer doesn't allow me to paste a direct link to the picture so I am going to link to the post on Twitter. Maybe it was DPI, maybe it wasn't, but the side judge who was standing right there never threw the flag. The ref that did came in from the opposite side of the end zone long after the foul had occurred.

Twitter
Posted by Hoyt
Alabama: The Beautiful
Member since Aug 2011
5613 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:12 pm to
It was a block in the back. They decided after they huddled up to call the PI.
Posted by LucedaleTider
Lucedale
Member since Sep 2022
439 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:27 pm to
Refs had some money on that game
Even had to review a 4th down to make sure they couldn’t give UT 5 downs
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
12923 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:31 pm to
When reviewing the play he was blocked from the view. But in his view he saw a Alabama DB chasing a WR that fell to the ground. I thought I heard someone say he pushed the WR down and why the call but in the review the WR fell on his own and why the ref on the side where the INT was made did not call it because he saw the WR fall by his own accord.

The play changed the outcome of the game but in the end our play calling put us in that situation to begin with.
Posted by Shocco
Member since Nov 2015
1993 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:39 pm to
That was hands down the worst and most blatant called complete game I have ever seen at any level.
Posted by footstepsfalco
Member since Sep 2018
1262 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:44 pm to
I've bitched about this play for 2 days now. I have no clue a) how that is pass interference, B0 how you wait 4 seconds to throw a flag on PI.
Posted by Chad4Bama
Member since Sep 2020
8745 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:47 pm to
It took them a minute to realize a block in the back on the return wouldn't give possession back to TN...had to find a new penalty.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
26146 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 1:50 pm to
Can someone find that ref’s location at the time of contact? Based on my recollection of the play, he had to have had several players obstructing his view

Additionally, as someone said earlier, if Kool-Aid drops that ball, do the refs get together and throw the flag 8 seconds after the play? If one ref can’t definitively make a judgment call like PI, then several shouldn’t get together and do so
This post was edited on 10/17/22 at 1:57 pm
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
26146 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:15 pm to
Sideline video of the pic. Just a quick timeline


At 17 seconds the ref that threw the flag calls an incomplete pass before realizing it was intercepted

Several seconds later the ref throws the flag. Dozens of yards from any other official

He should have to come out and say that he unilaterally made the call despite being far away AND the Bama defender allegedly interfering was on the other side of the UT receiver

If this isn’t true, then two or more officials got together and decided to enforce a penalty that neither called in real time. I know they do this for grounding, but pass interference is a very different call that doesn’t have the list of elements like grounding

Frankly I don’t see how either scenario can be considered proper officiating





This post was edited on 10/17/22 at 2:30 pm
Posted by cmayes56
Alabama
Member since Oct 2015
3202 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:32 pm to
go back and freeze the few frames that show the ref who threw the flag under the Goal. Is it me or is he signaling incomplete?
Posted by cmayes56
Alabama
Member since Oct 2015
3202 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:35 pm to
He signals incomplete, then throws the flag
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
26146 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

go back and freeze the few frames that show the ref who threw the flag under the Goal. Is it me or is he signaling incomplete?


I mentioned that in my post. He seems to initiate it but stops when he realizes it’s a pic
Posted by llfshoals
Member since Nov 2010
20561 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:47 pm to
Maybe, he’s 60-70 feet away when the play is made. It’s several seconds before he throws the flag.

I’ve seen a lot of football in my years, but that’s the first flag I’ve even seen thrown for interference late AND from across the field. I can’t remember one thrown from across the field before on anything period that every official wasn’t throwing one at it.
Posted by cmayes56
Alabama
Member since Oct 2015
3202 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:47 pm to
I see now where you mention it..

Im not a conspiracy guy..but wow
Posted by ChromaticTide
Member since Dec 2021
892 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:00 pm to
This crew was in the tank for TN. Unbelievable.

And people see the 130 vs 39 penalty yards and just excuse it away by saying we're a sloppy team. First of all, we have issues but we're not a sloppy team. Secondly, TN was averaging more penalties than Alabama going in.
Posted by tider04
North Carolina
Member since Oct 2007
5606 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:07 pm to
This crew should be investigated and have their bank records examined. About as dirty of a game as I've ever seen. If they received threats after the game, it was justified.
Posted by Canyon16
Muscle Shoals
Member since Nov 2017
3841 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:15 pm to
Almost seems like a conspiracy to have the worse crew, whom were suspended a couple years back, officiate the most important game of the day.
Posted by tider04
North Carolina
Member since Oct 2007
5606 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:17 pm to
Any contact info for league office or officials? Might be interesting for them to get a few thousand calls or emails.
Posted by WeWillFly
Up North
Member since Oct 2022
1492 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:18 pm to
quote:

Almost seems like a conspiracy to have the worse crew, whom were suspended a couple years back, officiate the most important game of the day.



I am ready to put that tinfoil hat on.

If only we had a competent officiating crew..if only
Posted by ChromaticTide
Member since Dec 2021
892 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:19 pm to
I found it a little odd that the ref who was reviewing the replay for targeting was laughing his arse off. Never seen that before during a replay review. He was the same guy who was standing 5 feet away when it happened and didn't throw a flag
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on X and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter