re: Honest question about the officiating

It is hard to put aside, as an LSU fan, one's inherent loathing of Tom Ritter. The man has been involved in several games w/ highly questionable calls against the Tigers ... usually in the State of Alabama.

I have watched a good number of college games this season and it seems to me the refs, in general, are more flag-happy than usual. Has anyone else noticed this?

Yesterday, I thought the PI call on Toliver was BS. Both he and the receiver were pushing, pulling each other, leveraging for position. I also thought the offensive PI call on a Syracuse WR was ticky-tack.

I saw two plays were LSU players were clearly hit out of bounds. No call. Then Debo hits their QB, WHILE STILL IN BOUNDS, and gets a flag.

???

My head tells me there is no "conspiracy," that Ritter does not have a bias against LSU. My heart and irrational emotion tell me something else.