re: Why wasn't Duke Riley's stop on 4th a fumble vs Bama

No wonder you're such a miserable arse. You're a referee. Makes perfect sense now

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understand that, but the knee clearly wasn't down.

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Yes. It was.

So you're saying lsu would of drove the field ????

Another questionable play in that game was Hurts throwing a pass to no one from his own end zone. Could have been intentional grounding and 2 points.


Of course his TD run should have been penalized, which means Bama would have been out of FG range and the score stays 0-0.


Not to mention the "offsetting personal fouls" on the hit on the LSU sidelines.


We did blow a golden opportunity by not doing anything with the early INT though.

Fact that it wasn't even reviewed is what irks me and most Tiger fans. At least have a look? 'Bama in running for national championship and this is what you get - I look forward to Tiger "W" that dooms the Tide - preferrably in 2017! Geaux Tigers!

Because his knee was down before the ball came out.

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Unfortunately, either way, it doesn't change the outcome.

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What? It would have been a scoop and score if called correctly on the field. Pretty sure the 4th would have been a little different with LSU up 7-0.

The ref 5 feet from the play with eyes directly on it did not blow the whistle.

I thought it was a fumble too.

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Of course, I will never convince the ignorant on this board of which there is a substantial amount and basically fans of any team that there is not a preanned bias out there just like the idiots on the Arkansas board who said the same thing about the game in Sunday.

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Just because you officiated with integrity (on your word) does not mean that all officials do. There have been instances in the past citing instances where officials with gambling addictions, debts, etc. became involved with mafia members and purposefully blew calls to tilt the game in one direction or another. There was an interview from a former head of the mafia, of old age and made it out, who wrote a tell all book admitting to such. It is especially easy in basketball, by calling or withholding fouls and/or sending a player to the bench or to the free throw line.

The fact that you blindly assume the officials are never corrupt is more ignorant than your accusations of the "ignorant of this board...just like the idiots on the Arkansas board."

Most people have their price, whether it be the carrot or the stick. The referees with integrity may try to pass on the bribe, but more often than not they have some past, or something to lose. Bribes, blackmails, threats...

These aren't unsubstantiated conspiracies, there are records of convictions of corrupt officials. The police have a division called internal affairs, and the government hss a committee on oversight and government reform. Unfortunately, these entities are prone to the same type of coercion.

Perhaps you defend your profession because of human error and intense scrutiny, which is fine; but to call others ignorant in the face of tangible evidence of past and potential concurrent corruption is downright ignorant. I would count yourself lucky to have officiated 34 years, which just further proves how inadequate the system is to give someone such as yourself with such blatant hubris and a glaring blind spot accrued seniority.

You like apples?