re: Examining the calls at the end of the game ...

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Not at all. If they call that on the field, the clock never stops running. It would have taken 10 seconds minimum just to get everyone back to the line, much less to get a play in. It would have been chaos, instead they got 5 minutes to talk over strategy. Any coach would trade 10 seconds for a timeout after a sack in that situation.

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Basically, the SEC just gave teams and QBs a new way to get a timeout on game ending drive. Bobble the ball, fall to a knee, and toss the ball to a defender. Profit.

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On the play called with the knee down, was that called from the field ref or video replay ref in the booth. If from the booth I didn't know that they could throw yellow flags from there.

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It wasn't deemed a penalty.

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The problem is how it was enforced. They stop the clock and that allows Texas A&M to reset.

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That is exactly right. Had they made the correct call the clock would've kept running and less likely they would've pulled 6 rabbits out of their arse

8) 3 penalties on texas A&M in a whole game and 7 overtimes. Meanwhile calling ticky tack pass interference, and even worse, an unsportsmanlike on Greedy at the most important point of the game. The refs were totally caught up in the momentum of the crowd at best, downright crooked at worst.

So if that incomplete pass would have broke the goal line prior to getting the ball knocked out would it have been called a TD or still an incomplete pass.

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I've never seen a definitive clock stoppage of a game determined by an instantaneous visual replay act. That's not how the timekeeping of a football game has ever been determined, as far as I'm aware

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Didn't they do this around 2009 in a Texas game when McCoy threw the ball out of bounds? I think the clock ran out, but they reviewed it and determined the ball hit something OOB with a second or two still on the clock.

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So if that incomplete pass would have broke the goal line prior to getting the ball knocked out would it have been called a TD or still an incomplete pass.

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Still would have been an incomplete pass.

I generally agree with your relatively dispassionate view of the calls. It was incredibly hard to take as a Tiger fan because every call went against, but we can acknowledge that they varied from 50/50 to plain wrong. Here is my take on them:

1) The interception that wasn't. Good call. Replay clearly showed his knee was down while grasping the ball. It sucks, but that was a correct call.

I agree this was the correct call, but you're not addressing the importance of it being missed on the field. The 10 second runoff was NOTHING compared to the absolute chaos that would have resulted from the call of "QB down" being made in real time. LSU wins if call on field is correct.

2) The first down on 4th and 18. Good call.

Agreed. This one looked horrible, but it sounds like this has been clarified as the yellow line just being inaccurate on the broadcast.

3) The extra second added to the clock after the spike. Probably a good call (with a caveat).

Agreed. Could have gone either way, but I think they got this one right. Also, the views I have seen show an illegal formation regardless of whether you think the four WRs were on or off the line. What is clear is that they were in the same place. I get how a ref could miss this in the heat of the moment, but it was a miss and it was game determinative.

4) The Sternberger fumble/incompletion. Very much a judgment call.

I agree that this one was close but lean more strongly than you toward the correct call being a fumble bc the receiver was tucking the ball away. TAMU got away with one here but I would call this a 60/40 call with the "40" prevailing in TAMU's favor. Agree that this one was too close to overturn.

5) The PI on Williams. Horrible call!

Amen, brother. This call was a complete disaster. However, this just means we keep playing. It does mean LSU wins.

6) JaMarr Chase no catch. Correct call.

Agreed.

7) The targeting call on Phillips. Questionable, but ...

I mostly agree but I never saw their helmets and the initial point of contact was shoulder to shoulder. I cannot say the helmets did not contact, though. I mostly just HATE this rule more than I hate the call the ref made here. Another 50/50 call to TAMU.

8) You have to add the blatant miss on TAMU's illegal motion. Not game determinative, but godawful.

My takeaway: this was a game marred by a number of officiating errors in favor of one team and all of the 50/50 calls went the same way which makes it seem even worse. Poor officiating contributed heavily to determining the outcome.

(4) 3 and outs, (1) 5 and out. If we had a offense and played to win for 60 minutes we are up by 1 if not 2 or more TD’s and the rest doesn’t happen!

There's a lot of subjectivity in your original post. You also failed to mention the no call on the false start that resulted in a big run.