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Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:57 am
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:57 am
I thought it was illegal for a member of the kicking team to push a member of the receiving team into the ball?
Or I am I wrong?
The South Carolina player clearly pushed Mbakwe into the ball
Or I am I wrong?
The South Carolina player clearly pushed Mbakwe into the ball
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 2:10 am
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Posted on 10/26/25 at 3:08 am to mistaken4193
That was a weird play. I think it was on the return man for not running up to field it.
He didnt seem to try to move mbakwe off the ball either.
He didnt seem to try to move mbakwe off the ball either.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 3:21 am to mistaken4193
I thought the same thing, but no call.
Mbakwe needs to do something to earn his money.
Mbakwe needs to do something to earn his money.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 7:56 am to mistaken4193
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I thought it was illegal for a member of the kicking team to push a member of the receiving team into the ball?
As long as it’s not the returner, it’s not illegal to block someone into the ball.
HOWEVER it is very illegal to do so when you hit them in the back to do it.
Just another day of SEC refs missing a game changing call.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:02 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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Mbakwe needs to do something to earn his money.
Have I got some bad news for you.
Should have let him walk and used that money on a DL. He's just an athlete without a position.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:03 am to JustGetItRight
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Just another day of SEC refs missing a game changing call.
frickers need the replay booth to help them count. We really have the worst officials in all of CFB.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:09 am to JustGetItRight
Yeah, they weren't calling anything but holding on SCAR's bad OL apparently. That meant they got away with at least 3 DPIs and 1 block in the back. Alabama played poorly thus they gave the refs the opportunity to be on their bullshite and have a meaningful effect on scoreboard.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:17 am to Robot Santa
He and Williams are pretty tight I believe. They probably did it to make sure Williams stayed. Shouldn't matter now.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:20 am to Robot Santa
Then you have Tessitore on the call acting like he was having an orgasm when that play happened. So glad we were able to win that game.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:21 am to Diego Ricardo
The refs also missed a flagrant PI on Bernard in the first. The USC DB clearly got there before the ball and no call. ??
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:23 am to Diego Ricardo
Definitelt DPI on one of the 4th qtr passes to The Virus. DB never turned his head and dove right into him.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:41 am to SECSolomonGrundy
The tough thing is that with NIL, you can't cover up with road officiating incompetence with superior depth. More teams are going to get their asses beat by the officials. This is why we can't have mentally weak hobbyist who gets swept up in the emotion in the stands calling our multi-billion dollar product's games.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:52 am to Diego Ricardo
NFL refs aren’t any better. The crux of the entire problem is lack of accountability. People are going to make mistakes. Players do, coaches do, officials do.
Players and coaches face public consequences and answer publicly for theirs. Those that repeatedly make them lose their positions. Do the same thing with officials and you will immediately see an improvement in their product and the perception of them by the public.
I remember several years ago an NFL ref made a terrible, game changing call. I don’t remember the details, but what made it different was he straight out in public said I blew it and apologized to the player. The players reaction was appreciation and an acknowledgment that we all make mistakes.
Players and coaches face public consequences and answer publicly for theirs. Those that repeatedly make them lose their positions. Do the same thing with officials and you will immediately see an improvement in their product and the perception of them by the public.
I remember several years ago an NFL ref made a terrible, game changing call. I don’t remember the details, but what made it different was he straight out in public said I blew it and apologized to the player. The players reaction was appreciation and an acknowledgment that we all make mistakes.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:55 am to mistaken4193
Officiating is one profession I'd be happy to see replaced by AI.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 8:58 am to JustGetItRight
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NFL refs aren’t any better. The crux of the entire problem is lack of accountability. People are going to make mistakes. Players do, coaches do, officials do.
Players and coaches face public consequences and answer publicly for theirs. Those that repeatedly make them lose their positions. Do the same thing with officials and you will immediately see an improvement in their product and the perception of them by the public.
I remember several years ago an NFL ref made a terrible, game changing call. I don’t remember the details, but what made it different was he straight out in public said I blew it and apologized to the player. The players reaction was appreciation and an acknowledgment that we all make mistakes.
I feel you but I truly think the NFL officiating is much better. They don't miss some of the things we have identified on here. At least not as regularly and consistently as the typical SEC crew.
It does come down to accountability and it is hard to have accountability on people doing a job as a hobby on the weekend. You're lucky to have qualified men who are free to administrate your sports. When it becomes a full-time, salaried position then that whole relationship changes: they're lucky that you have them on payroll. It's basic economic incentives...
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 8:59 am
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:30 am to mistaken4193
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:06 am to mistaken4193
Bak was clearly pushed in the back to the ball.
Any before the ball hit the ground Adams was point at the ground for Bak to move away from the ball.
Agree with others in that Bak seems to have BJ Scott syndrome.
Any before the ball hit the ground Adams was point at the ground for Bak to move away from the ball.
Agree with others in that Bak seems to have BJ Scott syndrome.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:09 am to Night Vision
It's pretty terrible that those stupid commentators didn't highlight this and nobody cared to actually speak about this becuase it happened to Alabama.
Yet when Sellers fumbles they are trying to find ways to say he was down so the fumble doesn't count.
Very obvious agenda
Yet when Sellers fumbles they are trying to find ways to say he was down so the fumble doesn't count.
Very obvious agenda
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:02 am to mistaken4193
The ball hit him first then he pushed him down
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:35 am to Tide or Die87
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The ball hit him first then he pushed him down
You need to watch the video in the Twitter link posted above because that’s not true at all. The USCe defender was pushing him in the back well before the ball hit his leg.
I don’t think he was trying to push him into the ball because neither of them knew it was coming down there. I think he was trying to get him out of the way to make a play on the returner, but the result is the same. It was an illegal block in the back right in front of the zebras and they cold missed it.
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