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Sankey melts down defending ref incompetence
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:27 pm
LSU fans were 100% right about this guy, maybe not for the correct reasons, but Sankey is an absolute bitch.
No single person has done more damage to the SEC as this twat.
What a sniveling little worm. Says we'll take the heat and we'll take the criticism but he's absolutely melting people are doing just that.
Also making pathetic excuses as to why the SEC is the only conference that doesn't expose the audio during replays.
No single person has done more damage to the SEC as this twat.
What a sniveling little worm. Says we'll take the heat and we'll take the criticism but he's absolutely melting people are doing just that.
Also making pathetic excuses as to why the SEC is the only conference that doesn't expose the audio during replays.
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He's a self absorbed narcissist that has a Hitler and Simple Jack complex at the same time.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:32 pm to TigerLunatik
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has a Hitler... complex
What's a Hitler complex? Does Sankey want to wipe out an entire race of people?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:33 pm to StansberryRules
Guy has allowed the SEC to digress in a numerous ways. The conference needs new direction.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:37 pm to StansberryRules
frick this guy
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:37 pm to StansberryRules
There is simply no excuse for the SEC to still have amateur refs in 2026. This is a billion dollar enterprise where the outcomes of games are being influenced by guys who are basically gig workers. It's absolutely insane. Something as bad as the worst referee frick up of the entire NFL season will occur on any given Saturday in the SEC. Sometimes multiple times. Sometimes multiple times in the same game.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:40 pm to StansberryRules
His money teams all won. UGA, Bama, and Texas. Nobody else matters to him.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:40 pm to StansberryRules
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:41 pm to StansberryRules
That loon had the nerve to say the NFL doesn't provide audio on replays, "so we aren't the only outlier."
IF other P4 conferences provide it, then the SEC can easily do the same.
IF other P4 conferences provide it, then the SEC can easily do the same.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:48 pm to StansberryRules
He's really missing a chance to lead the way in reforming what we all know is happening on a national level: Officiating just flat-out sucks right now.
Just own that it's not good enough, explain at 5,000 feet what you're going to do to fix it, and make it happen.
Just own that it's not good enough, explain at 5,000 feet what you're going to do to fix it, and make it happen.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:51 pm to Gator5220
He's too damn pissed that a TV announcer in an SEC night game called out shitty SEC officiating from an earlier day game.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:55 pm to StansberryRules
SEC officiating is horrible.
But these ABC guys are horrible too.
Gene Steratore for CBS was the best.
The guys on ABC sound like they are home watching a movie or something, and are buzzed in when they have a play for them to look at. Don't seem to be following the game at all.
And Saturday, the ABC officiating expert was saying the A&M guy had his hand on the ball and the ball wasn't moving when he was. out of bounds on that play they were trying to review to see if it was a fumble.
Whether the ball was moving didn't even matter. If the player that touches a loose ball is also out of bounds, the ball remains in the possession of the last team that had full possession of it. That's the rule since I've been following football and I'm in my fifth decade.
But these ABC guys are horrible too.
Gene Steratore for CBS was the best.
The guys on ABC sound like they are home watching a movie or something, and are buzzed in when they have a play for them to look at. Don't seem to be following the game at all.
And Saturday, the ABC officiating expert was saying the A&M guy had his hand on the ball and the ball wasn't moving when he was. out of bounds on that play they were trying to review to see if it was a fumble.
Whether the ball was moving didn't even matter. If the player that touches a loose ball is also out of bounds, the ball remains in the possession of the last team that had full possession of it. That's the rule since I've been following football and I'm in my fifth decade.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:12 pm to StansberryRules
He is getting worked in those comments
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:13 pm to StansberryRules
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:20 pm to StansberryRules
I have to say that I agree with LSU fans on this idiot.
He butt reamed the whole conference with the 9 game schedule plus the mandatory P4 game this year.
He used a football rule on inter conference transfers to keep Mitchell from coming to UK. Then threatened UK and Coach Pope with enormous fines and draconian punishment.
Then atrocious officiating is excused, and unlike other conferences the review process is hidden.
This dude needs to be gone with the wind.
He butt reamed the whole conference with the 9 game schedule plus the mandatory P4 game this year.
He used a football rule on inter conference transfers to keep Mitchell from coming to UK. Then threatened UK and Coach Pope with enormous fines and draconian punishment.
Then atrocious officiating is excused, and unlike other conferences the review process is hidden.
This dude needs to be gone with the wind.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:26 pm to StansberryRules
I'm about to piss everyone off, but....
Overall Sankey is right.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of bad calls. However the overwhelming majority of complaints about the refs are wrong and stem from ignorance in the fans and announcers.
This is especially the case with holds and pass interference, which gets compounded by the fact they are somewhat judgment calls.
For example, Georgia fans will keep on putting up the single frame image of the guy in the Alabama vs Georgia game on the Alabama TD as holding. But it wasn't. Not a single indicator of holding was met on the play and it was not called.
I get why fans think it was a hold, and it's because they don't really know what a hold is. They see the arm, and think well it must be a hold. But there are other rules and indicators that refs actually look for. You are allowed to have your arm there. You need to be at a 45 degree angle or better when your arm first gets to the position and you can keep it there as long as the guy isn't behind you. At that point you must let go.
The average fan doesn't know or understand these things. And rather than learning the rules, it's easier to just blame the refs(only when it negatively affects your own team of course).
I can make a big list of rules and times fans are wrong and the fans will die on the hill that they are right, regardless of how many times you explain it to them.
And if the fans are bitching 90% of the time about correct calls, there is no focus on the other 10% that do need to be fixed(although about 5% of those are just missed).
The announcers themselves should be held to a higher standard. If you are going to announce the game, you should know the rules as well as that stupid ref they bring on to tell them. They should be able to look at a play and say - there are no indications, or these are the clear indications. Most of them probably do know the rules better than most, but the standard should be higher.
I don't care about the audio. I don't know what people think it will accomplish or has accomplished in other games.
Overall Sankey is right.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of bad calls. However the overwhelming majority of complaints about the refs are wrong and stem from ignorance in the fans and announcers.
This is especially the case with holds and pass interference, which gets compounded by the fact they are somewhat judgment calls.
For example, Georgia fans will keep on putting up the single frame image of the guy in the Alabama vs Georgia game on the Alabama TD as holding. But it wasn't. Not a single indicator of holding was met on the play and it was not called.
I get why fans think it was a hold, and it's because they don't really know what a hold is. They see the arm, and think well it must be a hold. But there are other rules and indicators that refs actually look for. You are allowed to have your arm there. You need to be at a 45 degree angle or better when your arm first gets to the position and you can keep it there as long as the guy isn't behind you. At that point you must let go.
The average fan doesn't know or understand these things. And rather than learning the rules, it's easier to just blame the refs(only when it negatively affects your own team of course).
I can make a big list of rules and times fans are wrong and the fans will die on the hill that they are right, regardless of how many times you explain it to them.
And if the fans are bitching 90% of the time about correct calls, there is no focus on the other 10% that do need to be fixed(although about 5% of those are just missed).
The announcers themselves should be held to a higher standard. If you are going to announce the game, you should know the rules as well as that stupid ref they bring on to tell them. They should be able to look at a play and say - there are no indications, or these are the clear indications. Most of them probably do know the rules better than most, but the standard should be higher.
I don't care about the audio. I don't know what people think it will accomplish or has accomplished in other games.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:27 pm to StansberryRules
I’ve been following the sec a long time and not once has the sec ever come out and admitted wrong calls
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:29 pm to nicholastiger
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I’ve been following the sec a long time and not once has the sec ever come out and admitted wrong calls
Huh?
They've suspended crews in the past over bad calls.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:30 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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What's a Hitler complex?
He wants control. He wants it to be about him. HE wants to control everything personally and doesn't care if he isn't right or even if he's a hypocrite. He just wants everyone to fall in line with what he wants even if it's not best or even rational.
Eta: He also wants it to be great theater at the same time. All about deception and distraction.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:31 pm to TigerLunatik
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He's a self absorbed narcissist that has a Hitler and Simple Jack complex at the same time.
Are you talking about Sankey or Kiffin?
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