True story - I talked to a SEC ref this week.

I ran into a SEC ref in Target (of all places) in Birmingham this week. He was in line behind me and saw that I was wearing my LSU hat. He said something along the lines of, "Good game yesterday huh? Too bad for y'all." I just agreed, but followed up with, "Yea, but that's what you get with a SEC crew." He then revealed to me as we were walking out of the store that he was a ref. Not just any official, but one of the officials that called the LSU/UGA game and part of the crew that called the Florida/Arkansas game. If you recall, the same crew that was suspended a week after the UF/Arkansas game. He said that he was not the one that called the celebration penalty against UGA, which I admitted was a bad call, but thanked him for it.

Now, he did, however, admit to me that he called the personal foul that allowed Florida to get back into the game against Arksansas. Why did he call it? Well, I asked him. His EXACT words were, "I was running down the sideline and saw the guy hit the turf from the corner of my eye, after the play was over, so I threw the flag." When asked why he would throw a flag on something he didn't see or something he thought he saw, all he could say was, "I made a mistake."

I asked him about Petersen's pick and review and he agreed the wrong call was made. Well no shite.

Even though I wanted to kick him in the shins, I was polite to him and never rude. I shook his hand and left. Just figured I'd tell the rant my small story from the week.