🏈 Here I was thinking the SEC officials were bad

[planomateo]

These NFL officials are horrible... Its amazing that the NFL is ruining the game over such a small amount of money for the officials.

I just listened to Golden Tate's post game interview and thought he just missed an opportunity to fix the situation. What if Golden would have said, I pushed him, didn't have possession of the ball, and the NFL officials affected the outcome of the game. Its a shame he didn't have courage to do the right thing.

Pete Carroll knows that was a bad call and Golden Tate is a fraud.

 

[bamaraider]

I watched, that made me feel bad...Hopefully this wakes the NFL up to making a deal cause the tension between the Coaches/Players with the Refs will only get worse...

Would hate to be Green Bay player or fan, that was just a horrible call and a horrible way to end the game. I mean how can they honestly look at the replay and not see Jenkins (I think that's his name) get a clear INT? That was worse than the Tom Brady "forward pass" call

 

[tidentrue]

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[doemasters]

just pitiful last night

 

[bamatommy]

just pitiful last night

Was that the same group that ruled Eric Reid intercepted McCarron's pass last year vs LSU, even though Michael Williams had BOTH HANDS on the ball when he hit the ground?

Or the ones who let Corey Webster push Keith Brown in the end zone, allowing him to intercept the ball and return it to midfield?

Or the ones who said Preston Gothard didn't catch the ball at the back of Penn State's end zone?

 

[paintrockfan]

Was that the same group that ruled Eric Reid intercepted McCarron's pass last year vs LSU, even though Michael Williams had BOTH HANDS on the ball when he hit the ground?

Or the ones who let Corey Webster push Keith Brown in the end zone, allowing him to intercept the ball and return it to midfield?

Or the ones who said Preston Gothard didn't catch the ball at the back of Penn State's end zone?

That Reid interception still bothers me! I know we won the NC but I have watched that thing like 50 times and still don't see how that was an interception. By the way, I believe that Maze threw that pass.

 

[bamatommy]

That Reid interception still bothers me! I know we won the NC but I have watched that thing like 50 times and still don't see how that was an interception. By the way, I believe that Maze threw that pass.

Yes, Maze threw that pass on a bad ankle.

 

[AlabamaAubKiller]

Yes, Maze threw that pass on a bad ankle.

Bad ankle or not it was still a good pass from a WIDE OUT. and IMO it was caught by Williams and Reid just got his hands on it. Both players had posession of the ball when they hit the ground.
it was a BS call and we had the ball @ the 2. And i'll belive that till the day i die.

 

[bamaraider]

That Reid interception still bothers me! I know we won the NC but I have watched that thing like 50 times and still don't see how that was an interception. By the way, I believe that Maze threw that pass.

It was all in the refs hands, had he called it a TD or catch at the one yard line, the replay wouldn't have indisputable evidence to over turn it....but he called in a INT and it came out the other way

Refs are bad in the Alabama vs LSU match-up, look at 04, the non-pass interference call...

 

[hawkman]

One of my biggest issues is the communication between the two officials - there was none. Even on the HS level you are taught to eyeball each other and come to a consensus. If that is not possible, talk about it before signals are given. There would be nothing wrong with the white hat stepping in and conferring with the two officials and making a ruling. He did not do that - went straight to replay, which according to NFL rules, was no allowable. In short, it was a cluster**** all the way around.

 

[psychojoe]

Years ago I did something I have since vowed never to do again: call Finebaum's show. He has as his guest the head of SEC officials. I was quite polite when I asked why, sometimes on a play, an official would come rushing in from 15 yards away to make a call, when there were other officials much closer to the play. His answer was that with aot of large bodies moving around on the field, sometimes the nearest guy is screened from seeing what happened. He then told a great story.

He was the referee in a tight game, and there was a pass thrown to a tightly covered receiver. The receiver and the defender emerged after the whistle grappling for the ball. An official on one side of the play called it a completed pass. One on the other side called it an interception. He himself waas screened from the play and was trying to figure out what to do when a third official wandered up and asked what the discussion was about. The ref told him, and he asked the ref if he'd like a better option. "the ball hit the gound first."

Situation resolved because the officials consulted.

If i watched the NFL enough to care, I'd say "Please bring back the real referees."

 

[bamaraider]

They're back

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8429885/nfl-reaches-agreement-officials-end-lockout

Wonder how they will fair tonight after being gone for so long...some might be overweight...

 

[bamatommy]

They're back

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8429885/nfl-reaches-agreement-officials-end-lockout

Wonder how they will fair tonight after being gone for so long...some might be overweight...

Thank goodness.

 

[TerryP]

Years ago I did something I have since vowed never to do again: call Finebaum's show. He has as his guest the head of SEC officials. I was quite polite when I asked why, sometimes on a play, an official would come rushing in from 15 yards away to make a call, when there were other officials much closer to the play. His answer was that with aot of large bodies moving around on the field, sometimes the nearest guy is screened from seeing what happened. He then told a great story.

He was the referee in a tight game, and there was a pass thrown to a tightly covered receiver. The receiver and the defender emerged after the whistle grappling for the ball. An official on one side of the play called it a completed pass. One on the other side called it an interception. He himself waas screened from the play and was trying to figure out what to do when a third official wandered up and asked what the discussion was about. The ref told him, and he asked the ref if he'd like a better option. "the ball hit the gound first."

Situation resolved because the officials consulted.

If i watched the NFL enough to care, I'd say "Please bring back the real referees."

Nice! :biggrin_blue:

Listening and watching all the commentators talk about that play I kept coming back to one thought.

I've seen a half of a dozen SEC refs not able to count to 12. So, nothing surprises me.