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re: Alabama - Offensive Holding
Posted on 9/10/10 at 1:53 pm to SOUTHFLATIGER
Posted on 9/10/10 at 1:53 pm to SOUTHFLATIGER
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How is this possible:
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Alabama has gone 42 quarters (10-and-a-half games) without being penalized for offensive holding.
The refs are keeping a BLIND eye on the Alabama OL. It's the same eye they used in reviewing Peterson's interception last year.
This post was edited on 9/10/10 at 1:56 pm
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Posted on 9/10/10 at 2:00 pm to aglandry
What is even more amazing than the favor Alabama gets and the disfavor LSU with refs is the fact that so many think the bias doesn't exist. That is what is truly amazing.
Posted on 9/10/10 at 2:04 pm to aglandry
Alabama under Saban:
2007 Penalties: 1st, Opponents Penalties: 1st
2008 Penalties: 2nd, Opponents Penalties: 6th
2009 Penalties: 4th, Opponents Penalties: 3rd
Bama has been in the top 4 in fewest penalties each of Saban's 3 seasons. Is it because "Saban coaches them up" to avoid penalties? If so, I wish Saban had known how to do that at LSU. We finished 10th, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 4th in fewest penalties during his 5-year stay. But maybe Saban has improved as a coach since he was at LSU.
What may surprise you is that Alabama was pretty good at avoiding penalties under Shula, too. They finished 4th, 6th, 4th, and 6th from 2003-2006. Alabama has been in the top half of the conference in fewest penalties for 7 straight years, spanning the tenures of 2 head coaches.
So, what is the common denominator here? It appears that regardless of the head coach, the crimson "A" does not get flagged at the same rate as the rest of the SEC.
Second, how do you explain opponents' penalties? When someone plays Bama, they suddenly become penalty-plagued? Every SEC team plays the same pool of teams, so everyone's "opponents' penalties" should be almost exactly the same. And if there are minor differences due to random variation, each team should randomly bounce up and down the rankings from year to year in the "opponents' penalties" category.
In 05 and 06, Bama finished 4th and 1st in opponents' penalties.
How does a team finish in the top half of the SEC (twice finishing 1st) every year during a 5-year span, in a statistic (opp. penalties) that should randomly bounce around from year to year?
2007 Penalties: 1st, Opponents Penalties: 1st
2008 Penalties: 2nd, Opponents Penalties: 6th
2009 Penalties: 4th, Opponents Penalties: 3rd
Bama has been in the top 4 in fewest penalties each of Saban's 3 seasons. Is it because "Saban coaches them up" to avoid penalties? If so, I wish Saban had known how to do that at LSU. We finished 10th, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 4th in fewest penalties during his 5-year stay. But maybe Saban has improved as a coach since he was at LSU.
What may surprise you is that Alabama was pretty good at avoiding penalties under Shula, too. They finished 4th, 6th, 4th, and 6th from 2003-2006. Alabama has been in the top half of the conference in fewest penalties for 7 straight years, spanning the tenures of 2 head coaches.
So, what is the common denominator here? It appears that regardless of the head coach, the crimson "A" does not get flagged at the same rate as the rest of the SEC.
Second, how do you explain opponents' penalties? When someone plays Bama, they suddenly become penalty-plagued? Every SEC team plays the same pool of teams, so everyone's "opponents' penalties" should be almost exactly the same. And if there are minor differences due to random variation, each team should randomly bounce up and down the rankings from year to year in the "opponents' penalties" category.
In 05 and 06, Bama finished 4th and 1st in opponents' penalties.
How does a team finish in the top half of the SEC (twice finishing 1st) every year during a 5-year span, in a statistic (opp. penalties) that should randomly bounce around from year to year?
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