re: Interesting article on NCAA Refs

Yep i dont deny the calls at all. I could see how it raises suspicion too. I just think we would need some unbiased statistics on all of this to have any real proof to point the finger at.

Someone brought up the holding penalty streak. I asked if it was 1) the longest streak in NCAAF. 2) how many holding calls were missed against bama during that time 3) is it more or less than the average missed holding calls from other SEC teams over that same time period.

I never got an answer, but i didnt expect one. My point to that was more research would need to be done to prove that Bama does get more preferential treatment than any other SEC team and even then a bias doesn't inherently mean refs are actively cheating.

I know people just downvote and hate on anything i say that doesn't agree with their conspiracy theory. I'm just the type of person to want to step back and objectively look at the numbers from a scientific method perspective.

As i indicated earlier in my post our memories can be tricky. We remember the shite that cost us a game much more than the holding we didn't get called for against ole miss on a fournette td run, or the aj green excessive celebration that cost GA the game against us.

I VIVIDLY remember all those painstaking losses to Bama and the shitty calls durinv the games. I just can't say that means refs are actively cheating.

That was my whole point, and the article does a good job of discussing how refs are human and bias is in play. No doubt about it, but in the interest of "fairness" these refs should not be governed by the conferences. I totally agree with that. It helps put conspiracy theories like the Bama and refs one to sleep...if only for a bit.

Hope that clears it up.

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What is biased about it? The videos do not lie.

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Unbiased meaning that it's coming from an independent party who is looking at more than LSU games and also using the numbers to compare them against something. That is to say, just because there are bad calls what does that mean? How do the missed calls stack up against the average, etc. Just an actual study. Not a fans theory. Basically a similar study to the one i linked but would have to look at just the SEC.

You still don't get it no matter how many times we tell you. This isn't a systematic thing that happens on a regular basis. It only happens in big games that are tight and it always involves that one team. The calls always favor this team when the game is on the line.

3rd and 9 in the 4th quarter for the only td of the game... interesting

The Patrick Peterson INT no-call was another one for all time. Both feet in bounds, ball secured... called not an interception.



3rd place would be the knee-brace pull that led to an unsportsmanlike conduct against LSU. Maybe its just a coincidence that these things keep happening in the 4th quarter of close games.

"actual" research seems to be disregarding the context of the game-changing calls... padded averages with situations that have little effect on the final outcome

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I've been watching this show since the 1970's.

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This show...

My man!

BS. Ask Michigan.

From the 2014 Alabama game:

Courtesy of a post by runningTiger
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"Vadal's penalty in which he lightly pushes away bama player who is grabbing Vadal's leg, trying to get to Vadal's arse hole. Vadal pushes him away and Bama player flails arms in air. 2nd and goal at the 6 becomes 2nd and goal at the 21. LSU must settle for 3. Meanwhile, as you can see in the below video, #99 for Bama has an LSU player in a headlock and is yanking on it."