Remember how we called Georgia a bunch of ...

I agree. We have nothing to hold our head down over, and for that matter neither does Alabama.

Great game between two great teams.



It doesn't change the fact that an egregious error has occurred. Georgia's was a judgment call ... this was not a judgment call ... it was simply the wrong call according to the SEC definition of completed pass.

Every fan base complains over incompetent officiating. What might LSU have done on their first drive of the game if the official had spotted the ball correctly? This is why it is important to have good officiating in games where everything else is pretty much equal on the field.

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pussies when they whined over the excessive celebration penalty? Well, some of you are now acting like Georgia.

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The excessive celebration penalty was reciprocated and meant the difference of about 10 yards on a kickoff return. The interception meant the difference of possession and thus 3 points and about 2/3 of the remaining time in the game. Neither destined either team to a loss but one clearly had a more significant and one-sided impact on the game's outcome.

It's one thing to whine about penalties, especially when each team, in this case LSU and Georgia, was assessed the same penalty at a crucial time late in the game. How each team handled those penalties is what seperated the winner from the loser.

It's quite another thing to complain legitimately about a call on the field that has the opportunity to be corrected with the use of instant replay. The whole purpose of instant replay is to make sure the correct call is made so the outcome of the game is not adversely affected.

How the replay official can leave such a blatantly obvious wrong call to stand defies all comprehension at this point. There were multiple views of the Peterson interception. One view from above CLEARLY shows his left foot on the ground, in bounds by several inches. You can also see him dragging his right foot at almost the same time. HE HAD TWO FEET IN BOUNDS!!!!

The field level sideline view CLEARLY shows that as soon as the ball hit his hands, he was in control of it.

That is a legal catch according to the rules of football. Why the replay official chose to ignore that is anyone's guess, but if he was one of my subordinates, he would be disciplined and possibly fired. There is no excuse unless the replay operator is Stevie Wonder.

And it's not just LSU fans harping on about it. There were several columns written shortly after the game that asked the same question, "How can you still get the call wrong even with the benefit of slow motion instant replay?"

I'm not saying that's what lost the game for LSU, but it certainly affected the end of the game dramatically. Instead of LSU with the football with plenty of time left on the clock and only down one score, Bama ended up getting a field goal and sealing the win.

9 yards of offense in fourth quarter.

What happened to LSU in Tuscaloosa Saturday is in no way, shape or form like the UGA excessive celebration call. That call was an interpretation by the officials. The no call on PP's pick was just blatant bullshite. There was clear-cut visual evidence. No need to interpret shite. The refs blew a chance for the Tigers to have the ball back, down by 6 at the 30yd line with over 5 minutes to go. No one knows what would've happened but the refs did take that chance away.

Yeah, but both teams got the same bad call in that game, so it kind of evened out. Not so yesterday.

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9 yards of offense in fourth quarter.

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and we will never know if that might have been different with the ball and the momentum if the call had been right.

But an excessive celebration call is wishy washy ... at the refs discretion. "Excessive" is defined differently by different people.

THIS WAS HIGHWAY ROBBERY. The replay official just flat out missed it ... THAT is different that what happened. It either is or is not an INT. And this WAS an INT. This was not subject to discretion ... you're inbounds with control or you're not ... it's CLEAR. And it's CLEAR that the replay guy missed it.

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they just refused to see these things and it makes me sick...

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Hence why Bama is so rarely penalized except for NCAA investigations. The SEC protects them.