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Steve shaw bama grad head of sec officials
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:37 am
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:37 am
How many bama grads are sec officials?
23
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:38 am to Abe1961
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Steve shaw
he is a good ref
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:38 am to Abe1961
Three Fiddy
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:38 am to Abe1961
They're like ISIS, they're slowly but surly implanting them into the system 
This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 8:39 am
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:48 am to Abe1961
I'm not sure about the officials, but I know that the majority of the people who work in the SEC HQ are Gumps or Gump wanna be's. I have a buddy who lives in Birmingham and he sent me a pic of the building parking lot the week before the 2012 BCSCG. It seemed like every freaking vehicle had Bama flags on it. It looked like a Bama tailgate party. Officials who are alumni of a particular school or who have children who attend that school, should not be allowed to officiate games in which the school is playing. That can't happen in the SEC because it seems like every damn referee has ties to Bama or Auburn.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:54 am to LouisianaLonghorn
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I have a buddy who lives in Birmingham and he sent me a pic of the building parking lot the week before the 2012 BCSCG. It seemed like every freaking vehicle had Bama flags on it.
Their office is next to several hotels, a big entertainment complex, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the BJCC. There is no specific parking lot for the SEC office.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:54 am to LouisianaLonghorn
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I'm not sure about the officials, but I know that the majority of the people who work in the SEC HQ are Gumps or Gump wanna be's. I have a buddy who lives in Birmingham and he sent me a pic of the building parking lot the week before the 2012 BCSCG. It seemed like every freaking vehicle had Bama flags on it. It looked like a Bama tailgate party. Officials who are alumni of a particular school or who have children who attend that school, should not be allowed to officiate games in which the school is playing. That can't happen in the SEC because it seems like every damn referee has ties to Bama or Auburn.
This I agree with
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Their office is next to several hotels, a big entertainment complex, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the BJCC. There is no specific parking lot for the SEC office.
Come on man, really? They have no designated parking? Really
This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 8:57 am
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:56 am to Abe1961
I would have zero issues with Shaw doing an LSU- Alabama game.Impeccable character.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:56 am to ForeLSU
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Their office is next to several hotels, a big entertainment complex, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the BJCC. There is no specific parking lot for the SEC office.
BOO! Boo this cheeky non conformist!
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:56 am to ForeLSU
The main guy that does the schedules is Bama alumni
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:56 am to Abe1961
too many
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:13 am to Abe1961
Had a discussion with an official about this and you are incorrect.
If you played at certain school you can not call that game.
If you LIVE in that state you can not call a game involving a state team.
If you have any ties whatsoever, previous family member, current, related to booster, related to faculty, child currently or previously you can not.
This has been an SEC rule since the 60's
Tom Ritter is a Mizzou grad. If he is calling games he has no affiliation to Bama WHATSOEVER. If he has a child at Bama he is not calling a Bama game and claiming he does is a false, made statement, said made up by whomever anyway. Now whatever infatuation he might have with Bama, you'd have to ask him but it has nothing to do with any family member attending, playing, giving money to or planning on planning on attending Alabama.
Hubert Owens is a SWAC guy if I'm not mistaken but not entirely sure.
Steve Shaw has called Bama spring games but never called a Bama regular season game and his rep is widely regarded as amoung the best in all of college football.
If you played at certain school you can not call that game.
If you LIVE in that state you can not call a game involving a state team.
If you have any ties whatsoever, previous family member, current, related to booster, related to faculty, child currently or previously you can not.
This has been an SEC rule since the 60's
Tom Ritter is a Mizzou grad. If he is calling games he has no affiliation to Bama WHATSOEVER. If he has a child at Bama he is not calling a Bama game and claiming he does is a false, made statement, said made up by whomever anyway. Now whatever infatuation he might have with Bama, you'd have to ask him but it has nothing to do with any family member attending, playing, giving money to or planning on planning on attending Alabama.
Hubert Owens is a SWAC guy if I'm not mistaken but not entirely sure.
Steve Shaw has called Bama spring games but never called a Bama regular season game and his rep is widely regarded as amoung the best in all of college football.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:16 am to Abe1961
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How many bama grads are sec officials?
I would guess zero. No official is allowed to referee a game involving his/her alma mater
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:25 am to TouchdownTony
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If you LIVE in that state you can not call a game involving a state team.
Steve Shaw was prohibited from officiating Bama games, but he did officiate Auburn games when he was active.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:27 am to Abe1961
All I know is that Tom Ritter was taken off the field mainly due to hostility against LSU and favoritism of the two Alabama teams.
He was designated the "booth replay" official for all SEC games.
When we endure countless WTF replay reviews over the course of the season, he's the reason why.
I don't understand for the life of me why Shaw and the SEC can't get him a new job at a new conference where his biases would not impact his ability to officiate football games.
He was designated the "booth replay" official for all SEC games.
When we endure countless WTF replay reviews over the course of the season, he's the reason why.
I don't understand for the life of me why Shaw and the SEC can't get him a new job at a new conference where his biases would not impact his ability to officiate football games.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:29 am to TouchdownTony
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Tom Ritter is a Mizzou grad.
Be that as it may, he was removed from the field because of his reputation for blowing obvious calls that always favored certain schools and harmed certain others.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:30 am to Abe1961
Oh this discussion again.... 
This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 10:36 am
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:33 am to TouchdownTony
A wise man once said "Alabama is neither as bad as we want them to be, nor as good as SEC officials make them to be."
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:37 am to TouchdownTony
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Had a discussion with an official about this and you are incorrect.
I personally think the ties to the gumps with referee's is way overblown. That being said any referee that has gone to an SEC school or has any relationship to an SEC school shouldn't be allowed to referee any SEC team in that said schools's division. For example Shaw should only be allowed to referee Eastern division games "I don't care what is reputation is" and since Tennessee is Bama's cross division rival he shouldn't be allowed to referee any of those games either. Too much at stake for their to be any exception.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:38 am to Number 31
Haven't you LSU fans bitching about Ritter been embarrassed enough on here about the myth of his perceived bias? How many times to people have to post the stats (STATS!) of his officiating before the whining stops?
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