OK, Bama holds and cheats and doesn't get caught but seriously...

Sounds like y'all need better teachers!

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Maybe OL would actually have to learn proper technique rather than how to properly break existing rules.

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Or, gasp, they're using proper technique hence there are no flags. I can't tell you how many different conferences' refs have officiated Bama games. So the whole "SEC refs don't call holding on Bama" is bs. Maybe you should learn the proper techniques before whining.

EPIC.....

If we hold on every play then why did the Pac-12 officials only call holding twice on Alabama Monday night?

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If we hold on every play then why did the Pac-12 officials only call holding twice on Alabama Monday night?

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I don't care much about the holding, but what kind of weird logic is this?

Are we to assume that PAC12 officials don't miss holding penalties?

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I don't care much about the holding, but what kind of weird logic is this?

Are we to assume that PAC12 officials don't miss holding penalties?

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No...I think we are to assume that, when multiple officiating crews from multiple conferences fail to call too many holding calls on a particular team, it's probably because the blockers use good technique or because they hide their holds pretty well. I'm gonna say it's a combination of both.

top 2 threads on the SECr are concerning Bama holding. so much butthurt on this board. Get the frick over it. Damn.

There was a time when the offense couldn't use their hands at all. I was taught to keep my hands inside my chest at all times (O-line). Now they'll let an o-lineman put his hands on the defensive man as long as it is inside his silhoutte. The problem with the holding call comes when the defensive man is hand-gripped and pulled away from his natural movement, or he's grabded from outside his silhoutte.
I found interesting a statement made by the big Georgia d-lineman in regard to a blocking technique that Alabama used some that he'd never seen before. It seems that the o-lineman would grab him with both hands, one on each number on his jersev, and instead of pushing, they'd pull him to them, ending up chest-to-chest, then simply shielding him from the running lane and pushing back against his push. Apparently hand grabbing isn't called, but pulling with the hands is.

It's a nationwide trend. People like to bitch about Bama never being called for it but if you watch any given game regardless of conference you'll see offensive linemen getting away with murder at least a few times a game.