re: The Great SEC Officiating Conspiracy

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That's great and all. But the penalties called last Saturday fall squarely on the shoulders of the team.

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some did some didn't. For example, that hit Debo put on a Syracuse player right as he went out of bounds was bogus. Dude was still in bounds plus Debo pulled up. Also some bogus holding calls. At least call it both ways

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That's great and all. But the penalties called last Saturday fall squarely on the shoulders of the team.

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I'm curious as to how you would make that judgment.

Yes, when a flag was thrown, you looked at the replay and said. "Oh yes that's a penalty."

For instance, when Pocic was called for holding, you saw his arm out and said, I see it. But you wouldn't see Syracuse holding on plays that were not called.

LSU was called for hitting a player out of bounds.

When SU did it, it was not called.

We're told that the reason for penalties is players being out of position, lack of discipline, etc.

But LSU is more penalized than other teams even when they play inferior opponents.

The truth is that no one wants to believe that referees cheat. If you believed that, it would be more difficult to watch the game, to anticipate future ones etc. But it does happen.