SEC problems

The SEC has a huge problem on its hand with its officials. But before I get to that I want to send a shout-out to Starkville, Ms and the Mississippi Bulldogs who played a great game against top ranked Florida. With a ten point lead and less than a minute to go, that crowd hung around and supported their school and their team until the clock read triple zero. 57 thousand plus, a new school record, rang their cowbells until the end.

Sitting at the game when Florida intercepted the pass and ran it back to the end zone. The defensive back held the ball out and was showboating and the ball was knocked away and Miss St. recovered. The officals said he crossed the lines. The replay clearly showed he did not cross the line and the ball should have been returned to the Bulldogs. That call could have potentially changed the game. The previous week, the referee crew had two terrible calls against Arkansas that favored Florida and decided the game. These phantom penalties or no calls seem to benefitting the top 2 teams in the SEC. Alabama's D-linemen Cody blocked a field goal to end the game and took his helmet off before time ran out and it was not called and it cost Tennessee the game. Lane Kiffin and Dan Mullen were both reprimanded by the SEC for criticing the officials but the have a very Valid point. Their players are going out and doing everything right and it seems as though the officials have it in for them. Missing obvious calls or not checking with each other to make the right calls is bad for the conference. If Florida and Alabama are to make it the SEC championship game, they should get there because they deserve it, not with help from the officials. Conferences need to get away from having their own officials, universial officials are needed so that there are no biases being perceived by the coaches, players and fans.

Here are some pics from the game: