[stextbox id=”alert”]Wow. The Southeastern Conference actually suspends an officiating crew for questionable stuff during the Arkansas-Florida football game. Finally, some accountability, and in the SEC of all places.[/stextbox]
By Charlie Springer
Charlie Springer is a former Louisville editor and sportswriter, a public affairs consultant, a UofL grad and longtime fan.
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The refs should be financially penalized.
Same with umpires — did you see the horrible no-calls in the Angels/Yankees game?? wow
For those that believe in the “officials have an agenda” theory, the end of the UF-Ark. game gave you a lot of evidence to support your claim. Horribe calls that basically handed the last TD to Florida.
Cbcard,
From what I understand, the same crew that worked the LSU/Georgia game (excessive celebration penalty) also worked the Florida/Arkansas game.
If anyone hasn’t seen the controversial calls in the Arkansas game they can be seen here:
http://www.thewizofodds.com/the_wiz_of_odds/2009/10/arkansas-fans-have-three-reasons-to-be-upset.html
The first call/video is totally unexplainable. The Florida player charges the Arkansas player to block him. The Arkansas player is the one who gets the flag for a personal foul. If anything, the call should have gone the other way. Unreal.
If that crew knew less about football I’d swear they were coaching UofL.
Second big and good move by the SEC. They descended heavily on the crew that called the excess celebration penalty against GA. They publicly criticized the crew and possibly (I can’t remember with certainty) docked them a game.