re: Evidence Strongly Suggesting Alabama Officiating Bias

Do we have numbers on the SEC as a whole? I think we should only look at SEC games as, for example, games vs. Clemson officiated by Big East officials don't support the hypothesis.

Comparing just Bama to LSU only proves Bama has more than LSU, not that it's an annomoly in itself.

If we look at the baseline for all SEC games and then compare LSU and Bama, we may have something.

Even, so it only proves they have less penalties, but from there, you can look at individual incidents.

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You can be an average football player and a disciplined football player at the same time. This is getting a little ridiculous, as many have already pointed out.

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It's just black and white Rise......plain and simple.

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The sooner y'all enjoy and savor what's transpiring in baton rouge as opposed to steaming about what's going on in tuscaloosa, the happier everryone will be

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What does this have to do with the thread.....the VAST majority of LSU fans enjoy winning and it's been a great ride that will continue.

But

It's fishy and just calling LSU fans and insecure still doesn't explain why Bama seems to get preferential treatment. Honestly, I don't think they need it.

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FWIW here are each teams rank in Penalties per SEC game over the past 6 years:

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i remember seeing bama being near the top under Shula too

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You guys are officially insane. I will pray for yall.

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its absurd that a team that plays as aggressive as saban's to have so few penalties. It wasn't that way at LSU.

I care more about the scheduling BS

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i remember seeing bama being near the top under Shula too

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I couldn't find the data complied for each season for only SEC games before 2007 and I don't feel like compiling it myself. But if you did that for more seasons, you could probably get some "proof" of bias.

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I couldn't find the data complied for each season for only SEC games before 2007 and I don't feel like compiling it myself. But if you did that for more seasons, you could probably get some "proof" of bias.

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I'm going off memory which is far from perfect. I remember reading an article about it in 2009 after PP7's screwjob

I'll see if I can find some data when finals are over

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from a mathematical and logical standpoint, the existence of aliens is probable

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There's no denying that in an infinite universe other life exists, but that's a topic for the OT.

As for this topic, the first flaw is that you're comparing 2 teams. If there was an obvious bias for alabama then it would seem they'd be ranked in the top 3 in fewest penalties every year, the list posted earlier shows that they aren't, that seems like a trend of disciplined football.

If I wanted to put in the time I could find other schools around the country that are consistently ranked toward the top or bottom in their conference over a decade span, there is no doubt in my mind.

The "blatant bias" theory stems from 2 things that make it convenient to claim. The missed call on the PP7 interception (I remember corey webster shoving down a bama receiver in the end xone like it was yesterday) and the location of the league offices. Alabama was called for more penalties than A&M in the meeting in tuscaloosa this year. The possession after Clinton-Dix was called for a helmet to helmet on a crucial play, a defenseless Eddie Lacy was hit on a blatant helmet to helmet that wasn't called. Dee Milliner had a guy stick his fingers through his facemask and eye gouge him against georgia, he sawtted the guys arm and got a 15 yard personal foul penalty. Officials miss calls every game, it's just tin foil hat to suggest there is a blatant bias towards alabama because they are flagged less over a time frame and point to that as a be all end all suggesting bias rather than disciplined play

The offices have to be located somewhere, and it makes sense for them to be located in the central most state in the conference, does it not? The average distance from birmingham to the leagues universities is as close as it gets.

Do most of you feel like the last 3 games against alabama were officiated unfairly? They were not.


Over the past decade, Alabama's average conferenc rank in fewwest penalties per game is 3rd. Wouldn't blatant bias have them sitting at 1st? Someone is always going to be ranked at the top, the bias theory stems from the missed interception and location of the offices

Your chart indicates that the SEC favors MissState just as much as Bama. We gonna cry over that too?

I want to point out that ARMY, NAVY, and AIR FORCE are also in the top 10 in least penalized teams every year! fricking Obama!

How in the world can a team that runs the ball 90% of the time like NAVY only be called for 28 penalties in 2011? They lead the nation just about every year in least penalized team. OHHH the HUMANITY of these CHEATERS!