re: Refs/bias

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I already explained this in a post earlier in this very thread.

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Your post did nothing to explain why every fanbase says what they say about Bama and the refs and not other teams they play/lose to

Florida has had UT’s number for years and UT fans don’t blame systemic ref bias. Every other fanbase that plays you says the same thing. Weird huh?

LSU probably has a pretty good record against fellow SEC west teams the past decade. But those losing teams don’t all complain that the refs are biased to LSU

It’s just Alabama, isn’t it. Why is that?

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Tbh this notion that Bama gets timely penalties to save them is ludicrous. So you think refs are willing to call more flags on Bama no matter what but somehow they have the foresight to call the "right" penalties at the "right" time so that Bama wins? Seriously? Do you know how difficult that would be to pull off? Impossible.

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Your entire post was spot on but this part right here has been my sermon for years. Anyone who wants to say Bama under Saban gets the “Michael Jordan” treatment…well that’s fine by me. I would argue the point and could probably point out just as many calls that went the other way, but i’ll entertain that sentiment. Refs are humans and humans are biased. The top and most athletic teams often get the calls, and this goes across all sports and levels.

But I want to be very clear on this: anyone (like the OP) who says anything like “it’s the timing of the calls” is batshit, smears feces on their bathroom walls crazy. And not only that, they simply lack the baseline intelligence required to see that thought through to its clear conclusion. They are alleging an intentional and highly coordinated scheme involving hundreds of people every year working together to achieve their dastardly ends. The refs would have to be some of the most highly functioning people on the planet to call the vast majority of the plays correctly in real time; while also operating a secret communication or ranking system that tells them when a game situation has risen to a point intense enough where a bogus call is sufficiently impactful. And they do this for what? Because they’re all bammer fans or they’re getting paid? Usually the accusation is the latter. How much are they paid to fix a game? How are the funds sent? Obviously cash, but delivered by whom? And you’re also telling me that in 130 years, this system has NEVER leaked to the public? Not one honest person out of the thousands it took to run this system over the years ever came forward as a whistleblower? So it’s either that, or the officials just kind of suck. You get to choose.

Next time someone says “it’s the timing of the calls,” think of the above. Sometimes I think being that dumb might actually be a blessing in this fricked up world.

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Why would they do that if their motive is to make Alabama win games?

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Because making sure Bama wins at all cost isn’t their sole motive if Alabama won every game through overwhelming shady calls then the SEC would cease to be. Teams would leave. No one is saying all calls will always go Bama’s way

But to say that everyone else is wrong and Bama doesn’t get favoritism from the refs is laughable at this point. Every other fanbase isn’t wrong. And they all say the same thing about Bama (and only Bama). And you can’t address that, can you?

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Every other fanbase isn’t wrong. And they all say the same thing about Bama (and only Bama). And you can’t address that, can you?

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I don't have to. You're the one making a claim something out of the ordinary is going on. Where is your proof?

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The test is calls/non calls on “judgment” penalties like forearm shots to the heads of running backs

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fify.


And you can also throw in "judgment" calls like questionable interceptions at the goalline given to the defense in supposed "games of the century."

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I don’t think we are necessarily hyper-sensitive, we just seem to get called out more than others I guess. Explaining it to another fan is exhausting and repetitive. Even with facts flying in their face. When you’re winning a lot of games, others want to justify a reason. Most don’t see it as better players, better preparation, better coaches, better program. Georgia will be next on the chopping block accused of getting all the calls. It can’t be because they are just a better team.
Sensitive no, exhausted yes.

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I mean the last time we played yall we got called for a fantom hold on a fake fg that went for a lot of yards (maybe a td). Better preparation played no part in that. it was just a bad call

when we played florida several years ago, they had a guy hold our DB in open space for 40 yards. no flag.

again bad calls just happen. I dont think its yalls fault as fans, but I do think the SEC officials have a slight bias for the teams that could win titles.

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Every other fanbase isn’t wrong. And they all say the same thing about Bama (and only Bama). And you can’t address that, can you?

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Every other fanbase being LSU, Tn, Au. 99% of the time?
Why is that? Why is just those three mainly? Anything in common? All hate Bama with a passion? Maybe ONE team has shattered more dreams between these three stooges than any other team is CFB? HHHMMMM…Who could that team be?
.Where are TAMU, Kentucky, Vandy, Fla, Ga, Mizzou, Ole Miss, MSU, Ark, and S Carolina hourly threads about this subject.
Just three of the teams that hate Bama the most. I tell ya I can’t figure this thing out.
I’m convinced it MUST be a conspiracy. HA!

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Because making sure Bama wins at all cost isn’t their sole motive if Alabama won every game through overwhelming shady calls then the SEC would cease to be. Teams would leave. No one is saying all calls will always go Bama’s way

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Let's really parse this argument. What this person is saying is, "Alabama wins so much because the refs favor them. But the refs don't always favor them. Sometimes they call things straight. The only method I am using to determine whether or not a game was called fairly is whether or not Alabama won. It doesn't matter which team was called for more penalties in the game, or what any specific situations were in which calls were or were not made. All that matters is whether or not Alabama won the game. If they lost, the refs didn't favor Bama that game because reasons. If Alabama won, the refs clearly did favor them because cheating and SEC offices and stuff."

How does that make any kind of logical sense, or can anyone believe it to be anything other than sheer butthurtedness?