re: ESPN writer agrees with delusional UGA fans- officials rigged the USC game

More than a few yrs ago, a friend used to ref SEC basketball games & he told of their annual, preseason officials' meetings in B.ham. They would meet with the league director of basketball officials, get their marching orders, cover new rules, etc. Then, post meeting, all the refs would get together with the baseball umpires at a bar close to the league officials. The football refs never joined them despite offers from both the refs & umps.Refs & umps agreed they were told, league game, on the road, the home team gets the nutcutting time calls, in basketball particularly for crowd control purposes. The football refs would never meet with them or discuss anything said in their meetings.But my friend said the general consensus from both groups was that the football refs were told something very similar if not more direct.Conspiricies, mabe not. Bias, obviously.