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I know we beat this to death about how biased fans look at the officiating through biased glass. (looking at you Tenn and LSU).

But that Auburn game was one of the worst officiated games I can remember, and not just from a Bama standpoint. Bama and daBarn both had calls go against or that were missed that were absolutely wrong. The SEC should hire refs that it is their full time job (like the NFL) and fine the piss out of them when they screw up.

My biggest gripe with officials is the fact that the replay official "doesn't like to overturn" what is called on the field, unless it is so oblivious that Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder both could have seen it. For instance the Burton catch that was in-bounds against the Barn. It was called a no catch on the field (after some debate). He was clearly in bounds. Those are the type calls that have to be overturned. To hell with your frat-buddies that are on the field making the call and you don't want to make them look bad. They are humans watching it real time. We have replay in the booth and in B'ham for this very reason.

<blockquote data-quote="rammerjammer" data-source="post: 1513008" data-attributes="member: 11327">I know we beat this to death about how biased fans look at the officiating through biased glass.&nbsp; (looking at you Tenn and LSU).But that Auburn game was one of the worst officiated games I can remember, and not just from a Bama standpoint.&nbsp;&nbsp; Bama and daBarn both had calls go against or that were missed that were absolutely wrong.&nbsp;&nbsp; The SEC should hire refs that it is their full time job (like the NFL) and fine the piss out of them when they screw up.&nbsp; My biggest gripe with officials is the fact that the replay official &quot;doesn&#039;t like to overturn&quot; what is called on the field, unless it is so oblivious that Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder both could have seen it.&nbsp;&nbsp; For instance the Burton catch that was in-bounds against the Barn.&nbsp; &nbsp; It was called a no catch on the field (after some debate).&nbsp;&nbsp; He was clearly in bounds.&nbsp;&nbsp; Those are the type calls that have to be overturned.&nbsp; To hell with your frat-buddies that are on the field making the call and you don&#039;t want to make them look bad.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are humans watching it real time.&nbsp;&nbsp; We have replay in the booth and in B&#039;ham for this very reason.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rammerjammer, post: 1513008, member: 11327"] I know we beat this to death about how biased fans look at the officiating through biased glass. (looking at you Tenn and LSU). But that Auburn game was one of the worst officiated games I can remember, and not just from a Bama standpoint. Bama and daBarn both had calls go against or that were missed that were absolutely wrong. The SEC should hire refs that it is their full time job (like the NFL) and fine the piss out of them when they screw up. My biggest gripe with officials is the fact that the replay official "doesn't like to overturn" what is called on the field, unless it is so oblivious that Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder both could have seen it. For instance the Burton catch that was in-bounds against the Barn. It was called a no catch on the field (after some debate). He was clearly in bounds. Those are the type calls that have to be overturned. To hell with your frat-buddies that are on the field making the call and you don't want to make them look bad. They are humans watching it real time. We have replay in the booth and in B'ham for this very reason. [/QUOTE]