re: One of the best things from last night...is the refs

I think that Bama was certainly getting the calls in the beginning.

1. Their Oline was holding nearly every play until the eventual holding call - which is when Richardson's yardage went from good to non-existent.

2. Jarrett Lee got creamed twice in the beginning. One was debatable, but one was blatant. Both times, the defender hadn't even lowered his body yet prior to Lee releasing the pass - both times the defender took atleast an extra two steps and then put his whole body into it.

3. Twice Bama gets pinned back near their own endzone - twice the refs decide to put their glasses on and start making some calls to get Bama out of trouble.

The main thing that I noticed was Bama's offensive line holding in the first half. It got to the point where they were doing it with that "hey we're bama - they won't flag us" mentality. If you watch their offense before and after the holding call, it's 180 degrees different.

I think if we would have lost that game we could easily point out many times in which the refs screwed us.