Ut, what a bunch of pussies

I get frustrated by the officials during a game, but in general I truly believe calls even out overall. Don't attribute to conspiracy what can be explained by incompetence, or just plain human error.

I DO think there have been instances when officials exercise a bias, either consciously or not, against a team. Three occasions of this spring to mind:

1. The period of 2008 - 2016 (or whatever it was) when Alabama's opponents just did not get called for offensive holding. There was a cluster chart done by someone (a Michigan fan, I think) that showed roughly 80% of teams within one or two standard deviations from the norm for holding calls against their opponents. Alabama was waaay out in the top right corner, all by itself. Our opponents somehow never held even though we had some of the best defensive lineman and linebackers in our program's history during that time.

2. The 2022 Tennessee game. Just blatant disregard of the rules by the officials.

3. The first half of the 2025 season for Auburn. I don't like them, and I enjoy seeing them lose, but man ... they did something to anger the football gods this year. Multiple bad calls or no-calls that negatively impact them.

The whining of Tennessee fans about officiating in Saturday's game is sad. Your team got beat, just like FSU beat Alabama. Tip your hat and move on.

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best defensive lineman and linebackers in our program's history during that time.

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2015 and 2016 were the 2 most talented defensive lines in CFB history. There's no one else in the discussion. Both teams ran DEEP with future longterm NFL starters, multiple pro-bowlers/all-pros.

Those 2 teams had exactly 1 holding called on their opponents in the 30 games they played

my guess is that they fail to mention the late hit on Ty after the first TD pass.

Was that the one where Jefferson was grabbed and spun around?