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SEC refs undefeated this year

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:59 pm
Posted by Lsufreakout
Member since Sep 2024
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:59 pm
What game do the refs change the outcome in this week?
Posted by Opry
Member since Oct 2023
5581 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:00 pm to
No doubt they'll swing some calls for auburn at home.
Posted by Daowna
Member since Dec 2010
1656 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:01 pm to
I am planning to do a penalty yard tracker for the games this weekend.

I'll track average penalty flags and penalty yards per game and show what they were for each SEC game this week.

The big question to me is who gets the preferential treatment between Georgia and Ole Miss?
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 6:03 pm
Posted by Doak Walker
Dallas
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:22 pm to
I'm torn on this one. I would say they ball out for Ole Miss to pave the way for Alabama, but that game precedes TSIO so they can't take the chance on that working. If GA wins, then Bama definitely gets the shaft.
Posted by MtVernon
Member since Jul 2024
10238 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:23 pm to
They seem to be under control when calling games in Austin.
Posted by Rex Feral
Member since Jan 2014
15807 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:34 pm to
That’s didn’t last week and aren’t going to this week.
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
16910 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:35 pm to
Tenner is fricked. Refs won't let Bammer lose.
Posted by Rosco P Coltrane
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Member since Aug 2022
282 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:37 pm to
The Refs are dominant this year.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
71788 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:37 pm to
quote:

I am planning to do a penalty yard tracker for the games this weekend.

I'll track average penalty flags and penalty yards per game and show what they were for each SEC game this week.



The total number of penalties and overall penalty yards oftentimes is immaterial. As far as the refs impacting the game, the main factors are:

1. When a penalty is called
2. When a penalty is not called

It’s all about the when. That’s how the refs impact the outcome of the game. Not the number of calls, it’s the timing.
Posted by Daowna
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 7:02 pm to
I'll consider adding this element to the tracking. What I am looking for is shifts in volumes of calls for playoff favorable teams vs non-favorable teams. But you have a valid point.
Posted by Csmims
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Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 7:17 pm to
What they’ve done to Arkansas is criminal
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 7:37 pm to
quote:

I'll consider adding this element to the tracking. What I am looking for is shifts in volumes of calls for playoff favorable teams vs non-favorable teams. But you have a valid point.


It’s one of the oldest tricks the SEC refs pull. When the game is early and not yet decided, they’ll call something like holding to stall out a drive, or PI to keep a drive going, depending on how they want the gam to go. They’ll do this sort of things to influence the game until the outcome is assured. Then late in the game they’ll throw some flags on the team they’ve been helping. This gives them the cover of being able to say “how can anyone say we favored so-and-so team when we threw as many, or even more, flags against them?
Posted by southernboisb
Member since Dec 2012
9286 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:05 am to
I know they’ve been bad so far this season, but have they been so terrible that they resulted in another team winning the game?

Or just the scores would have been closer?
Posted by bayou85
Concordia
Member since Sep 2016
10676 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:14 am to
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That’s didn’t last week and aren’t going to this week.


Proof reading helps.

Also according to Josh Pate, the final 2 min of the first half took 36 actual minutes. That's insane.
This post was edited on 10/17/25 at 11:11 am
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
9732 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:19 am to
quote:

The total number of penalties and overall penalty yards oftentimes is immaterial. As far as the refs impacting the game, the main factors are:

1. When a penalty is called
2. When a penalty is not called

It’s all about the when. That’s how the refs impact the outcome of the game. Not the number of calls, it’s the timing.


I agree. Also, some of the biggest impacts come from non-penalty calls, like spotting the ball, whether a QB crossed the goal line, etc.
Posted by FootballFrenzy
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Member since Oct 2023
7884 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:34 am to
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Proof read.

Proofread is one word.

Proofread.
Posted by how333
Member since Dec 2020
3895 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:43 am to
Well, at least, the refs are now spreading the wealth (favored calls). In the past, it was bama, bama, bama getting all the right calls.
Posted by TDFreak
Coast to Coast - L.A. to Chicago
Member since Dec 2009
8843 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:46 am to
quote:

It’s one of the oldest tricks the SEC refs pull. When the game is early and not yet decided, they’ll call something like holding to stall out a drive, or PI to keep a drive going, depending on how they want the gam to go. They’ll do this sort of things to influence the game until the outcome is assured. Then late in the game they’ll throw some flags on the team they’ve been helping. This gives them the cover of being able to say “how can anyone say we favored so-and-so team when we threw as many, or even more, flags against them?
Precisely.

Other times, they'll flip it around and throw a bunch of tick-tack 5-yard penalties on the home team in the first half, and then gift that team in the second half with costly penalties on the visiting team.

But it all "balances out" on paper at the end of the game. Does the SEC think we're that stupid?

This post was edited on 10/17/25 at 9:47 am
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
21798 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:47 am to
OM better lube up….

Posted by skrayper
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Member since Nov 2012
34120 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:48 am to
quote:

The total number of penalties and overall penalty yards oftentimes is immaterial. As far as the refs impacting the game, the main factors are:

1. When a penalty is called
2. When a penalty is not called

It’s all about the when. That’s how the refs impact the outcome of the game. Not the number of calls, it’s the timing.



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