re: Analysis on Alabama and Tom Ritter

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while Ritter was the ref, he didn't blow the calls. in 14 it was the umpire. in 09 it was another official and the replay Guy.

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OK, I'll play along; several questions for those of you following officiating closely:
1.)We've been talking about Ritter it seems for forever. We see him ANNOUNCE the results of a flag, but did he THROW them? There's SEVEN refs on a field, right? Which one made the PP out-of-bounds call?
2) I've read here that that replay official was fired- T/F?
3)Several times we see refs in position to make calls do not, but another from far away does....did the closest ref to PP make that call, or another? Same question, other controversial calls...
4) This past Saturday, how were the calls we're unhappy/suspicious about distributed? Who made them? a) ref standing few feet away from PI and facemask on Dupre, calls nothing, then calls TD catch out of bounds?
b)PF call?
c)who came from far away to call touchback?
d) last two PI no-calls- what ref was on them?
e) who's standing on the line right in front of illegal shift and doesn't call it?
f)the 14 flags to none game- how were those distributed? Does one guy throw a lot more than others?

I've seen talk of a Burleson, being a referee/Bama booster, member of their whatever they call their version of TAF...True or False? Unsubstantiated rumor? Whose ref crew did he work for? Is he still officiating?

So you made me have to Google the acronym TSSAA: Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. "Cracker" insinuates something sinister w/ Ritter's day-job there...what could that be? My best guess, since he implies "we will freak out" when we find out what he does, is something with transcripts and credit compliance? Is Tenn such a hotbed of talent that an "inside man" in TSSAA wields any undue influence favorable to Bama?