re: No apology from SEC about hawkin's jersey being pulled on?

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How? We only scored 3 points.

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Because when we were in the red zone, we could have kicked another FG and been tied...that's how.

Where did I say we would have won? I just said that play would have been called back.

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Because when we were in the red zone, we could have kicked another FG and been tied...that's how.

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Does that mean we win?

That play had nothing to do with us losing.

I was curious, because I didn't remember receiving a news release from the SEC with an apology about the excessive-celebration penalty against Georgia, so I contacted SEC Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom yesterday afternoon. He clarified for me that there was no apology. There are headlines all over the Internet that say "SEC apologizes to Georgia for penalty" and other phrasings that use the word "apology," but that's an interpretation by bloggers, writers and headline writers, not a true statement, apparently.

"There was no official statement," he said, meaning the conference office didn't formally address the issue.

The only public comments by Rogers Redding on the matter were in one-on-one interviews with reporters, Bloom said.

I asked if Redding would be available to answer questions about the no-call in the Florida-LSU game. Bloom said he'd check on that today.

I suppose some could see it as a semantics game whether or not acknowledging an error is, in fact, an apology, but Bloom said the SEC did not issue a statement of apology.

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I suppose some could see it as a semantics game whether or not acknowledging an error is, in fact, an apology, but Bloom said the SEC did not issue a statement of apology.

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I don't see the two as the same thing. I don't think the SEC needs to apologize for anything because human error is part of the game. BUT, they do need to acknowledge when an error has occurred, and if people take that as a tacit apology, then so be it.

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Hawkins would have gotten burned anyway.

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We probably lose the game anyway(they still could have scored had the penalty been called) but Hawkins had excellant position on the play and had played tight coverage the whole game to that point. Riley took the gamble because he had not been able to get open deep up to that point. Several of Tebows runs were breaking containment due to tight coverage down field. The Florida fans sitting above us were even commenting on that issue during the entire game.

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I was curious, because I didn't remember receiving a news release from the SEC with an apology about the excessive-celebration penalty against Georgia, so I contacted SEC Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom yesterday afternoon. He clarified for me that there was no apology. There are headlines all over the Internet that say "SEC apologizes to Georgia for penalty" and other phrasings that use the word "apology," but that's an interpretation by bloggers, writers and headline writers, not a true statement, apparently.

"There was no official statement," he said, meaning the conference office didn't formally address the issue.

The only public comments by Rogers Redding on the matter were in one-on-one interviews with reporters, Bloom said.

I asked if Redding would be available to answer questions about the no-call in the Florida-LSU game. Bloom said he'd check on that today.

I suppose some could see it as a semantics game whether or not acknowledging an error is, in fact, an apology, but Bloom said the SEC did not issue a statement of apology.

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Fan talk - it's easier to express righteous indignation when you use a word like "apology."

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Wrong.

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Did Riley pulling Hawkins' jersey cause Hawkins' legs to stop moving?

ANYONE that played DB or coached DBs at a high level....

knows.... Hawkins was beat.. plain and simple.. he had bad position.. and WAS toast..

and there is something else pretty glaring on that play.. but. I'll save that for later