Was anyone else surprised by the officiating at Auburn?

Tubby sure wasn't pleased!

not a single holding call on either team all night

i think they told them to let them play and they better not screw this game up again

honestly, the officiating has not been as bad as people keep harping on. I did think it was ironic that on the same day the LSU played @ Auburn, there was a "jumping on" penalty called on a FG during the NC State vs ECU game. You know the penalty that LSU fans claim has never ever been called again. That was at least the 3rd other time i have seen it called.

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Was anyone else surprised by the officiating at Auburn?
I was.

This was discussed in a couple of threads already, but it was a pretty well called game.

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I had a feeling we might get a fair shake this time after all the controversy the last two times. I think there was a little more attention being paid to the officiating this time, so they might have wanted to avoid another fiasco like 2006.

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I did think it was ironic that on the same day the LSU played @ Auburn, there was a "jumping on" penalty called on a FG during the NC State vs ECU game. You know the penalty that LSU fans claim has never ever been called again. That was at least the 3rd other time i have seen it called.

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If you've only seen it three times, you aren't watching much football. Which is strange because you obviously aren't spending much time paying attention to what LSU fans are saying about that call, either.

NOBODY says it has never been called again. The rule is still on the books and unchanged. It's never been called UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES again. The NCAA issued guidelines for the interpretation of the rule to address the situation that occurred in the 2004 LSU-Auburn game and make sure that it was not called UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES again.

But by all means please continue to bash LSU fans for no fricking reason.

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Must admit though,when I saw that a guy named "Pen Wagers" was the lead official,
I thought BOHICA.

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Wagers was the ref in last year's game when the Barners thought he'd been bought off by waiving off an illegal formation penalty on Hester's td catch.

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there was a "jumping on" penalty called on a FG during the NC State vs ECU game. You know the penalty that LSU fans claim has never ever been called again. That was at least the 3rd other time i have seen it called.

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You miss the whole point of "us bitching" about that call. The guy that got called for the "jumping on" penalty didn't affect the fricking play AT ALL. The damn Auburn kicker flat out missed the PAT and they got a second chance just because the ref felt like throwing his flag for some BS reason.

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Penn Wagers

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Same official that screwed us in Auburn in '06.

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You miss the whole point of "us bitching" about that call. The guy that got called for the "jumping on" penalty didn't affect the fricking play AT ALL. The damn Auburn kicker flat out missed the PAT and they got a second chance just because the ref felt like throwing his flag for some BS reason

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It was a BS call, but the fact that it had no affect on the play is irrelevant. Many times a penalty does not affect of the play (i.e. not enough men on the line of scrimmage or a holding call away from the ball), but it is still a penalty and has to be called. Our problem with the call at Auburn was that it was a marginal call (i.e. could be argued either way) and dictated the outcome of the game.

It was better than other games in the past, but it still pissed me off that Auburn wasn't called for holding more often. Towards the end of the game it was really starting to get ridiculous. Ziemba should just quit football and join the WWF.