re: I try not to complain about refs but how do they miss this False Start

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They missed a false start by 2 Alabama players on the blocked punt play

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I'm sure they would have flagged it if they didn't get us for the phantom offsides.

Why negate a good UGA play with a flag on Bama when you can throw a flag on UGA instead?

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Blocked punt really should have just been a 10 yard shift because they should have called the false start and still been punting.

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I think the issue is that there was *not* an offsides... meaning an incorrect call was made... not what the correct call should have been. If we go down that route, then there are a number of False Starts against Bama that should have but weren't called (including the one on the TD). I don't expect officials to get everything right, but whether a player was or wasn't offsides at the snap seems like something that should be reviewable in cases where it would dramatically alter the outcome of a game... if we can review whether a QB passed the line of scrimmage on a forward pass and dissect that to the degree that any body part still behind the line counts, I see no reason why that play shouldn't receive the same scrutiny.

I agree that the refs didn't outright lose the game... we did that all on our own... With that said, Bama wasn't really in a position to take advantage of it without the poor officiating. Just a shitty way to see an otherwise great game called. Getting every call right should never be the barometer, but calling a game consistently should be. Consistent and balanced, they were not.

Hats off to Saban for the move to sit Hurts... even bigger hat tip to Tua... Haven't listened to any interviews, but guessing that was not a scenario we spent a lot of time planning around.

Not only that, how do they miss a blatant unsportsmanlike conduct when the guy shoved Fromm in the back of the head AFTER he got up and 10 ft in front of the ref who was coming toward them and looking right at them?!?! Do they not call those in the friggin B1G? There were several like that to the point if it got worse, there were going to be injuries as both sides feel for the edge of the envelop of what will be called.

My one hope was that the game would not be marred by bad officiating, but it definitely was. The officials gave Bama a chance. To their credit, Bama came through.

UGA had a fantastic season. I'm proud of all the players and coaches.

I hope that Kirby learns to stay aggressive with a lead. The end-game conservatism wasn't a Chaney call.

#48...that was the guy.

I agree there were bad calls and non-calls.

That being said...Kirby has a good start on changing the culture in the program and at the University...but, until it filters out to the entire Dawg Nation, we will not achieve greatness.

Winners find a way to get it done even when the deck is stacked.

Losers point to the stacked deck and say, “that’s why we lost.”

I promise, Kirby isn’t going to let the players use that excuse. Nor will anyone associated with the program or the University be allowed to do it.

It’s our turn, as the fans, to man up...tip our cap, and move forward without making excuses.

The future is bright.

Go Dawgs!

I just don't understand why we a play like that isn't reviewable when it was a colossal frickup, whereas we had to sit through reviews of several plays that were correctly called plain as day.

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I hope Kirby raises hell again.

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It was a B10 crew. Who should he complain to?