re: 5 penalties in the game ALA was 3/29 and LSU was 2/20

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Alabama had to go 45 yards because of penalties in overtime, but y'all believe the fix was in.

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This.


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So were you mad about these? Did you mind that both were critical calls in close games? Did you call for the refs to keep their flags in their pockets then?

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Alabama got flagged for the same thing during their TD drive in OT. The difference? Alabama was good enough to overcome it

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OT? Ohh fricking Tee? Are you serious?
OT would have never happened had that personal foul been called properly.
Are you really serious right now?
God Damn you motherfrickers are insufferable

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OT would have never happened had that personal foul been called properly

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And you know this how?

Bama could have scored a td at the end of regulation, ball was on the 12 with 9seconds left. Plenty of time to score a td to win but Bama played it safe and kicked the tying FG

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How about this- STOP frickING CHEATING,

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good lord.

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That really was a helluva game last night and it's a real shame that it was marred by bush league officials on such a huge national stage.

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you pansies decided before the game was played that yall were going to bitch about refs. Yall even made threads about it.

Let's look the most agregous of all the questionable calls...
(The situation: LSU recovers a Bama fumble at the Bama 6 yard line, with 1:06 to play in a 10-10 game. LSU runs the ball for a 1 yard gain on 1st down, in the ensuing scrum, some pushing and shoving occurs by both teams. LSU is flagged for a dead ball Personal Foul, which gives LSU a 2nd and goal from the Bama 20.)
The crux of my point is as follows: You can not call a dead ball subjective penalty like a personal foul at that juncture in the game. If anything, the referees (if they are trying to send a message to get the pushing and shoving under control) has to call that penalty off setting (on both teams) or keep the flag in his pocket and do it verbally while breaking up the scrum.
Although there were many officiating decisions through the course of the game that were questionable from an LSU standpoint, I take less exception with the lack of PI calls and other non-calls because the Referees were allowing both teams a lot of latitude in that department ("letting them play").
Regardless of what team you support, you should never want an officiating crew to interject themselves and make judgement call that fundamentally alters the complexion of the game in a dead ball situation. This is exactly what happened last night.
I don't know if LSU scores a touchdown (if the Personal Foul isn't called) with a 2nd & 3rd and goal from the Bama 5 yard line. But what I do know, is that Miles has no other choice other than play for a FG once the penalty is called, hence changing the complexion of the course of the game. This is just flat wrong.
I realize that this is a nuanced point, and will go over the heads of 90% of the Alabama fan base. However this moment, this call, this type of imposition in the complexion of the game, is a microcosm of everything that wrong with Alabama and the SEC's complacent bias towards them.
While it is true that the outcome of the game (A LSU loss in Overtime), may not have changed, however the fact that this type of heavy handed favorable officiating oversight benefits Alabama more than any other team in the SEC is troublesome (This type of favorable call is not an anomaly as it relates to Bama).
This one call isn't the reason that LSU lost (Lack of competent QB play, Special Teams lapses, and inability to finish games all contributed), however it could be construed that this questionable call is the reason that Bama won. That isn't good long term for the SEC or College Football as a whole, and only serves to cheapen Alabama's accomplishments.
I have no doubt that vast majority of Bama's fan base is too delusional and too entitled to understand this, and that is why the majority of everyone else hates Alabama.