re: SEC has lost almost all credibility and integrity in officiating....Mike Pereria

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all that and he can't post a video of either incident to substantiate his claims? that's weird.

As I read Pereira's essay, he's not insinuating that a man upstairs is ordering the officials downstairs to make bad calls that rig the outcome of the game. He's saying that the upstairs official is not only ruling on reviewable calls (his job), but also on non-reviewable calls (like personal fouls or whether the QB throws the ball when beyond the LOS). He thinks this ruins the purity and integrity of the officiating and violates the rules of the game. He obviously feels like the officials ought to be qualified to make those calls on the field, and if there not than they shouldn't be out there. He actually said that in regard to whether Prescott threw while beyond the LOS in the Miss State-Auburn game, the correct call was made after the field officials talked with the upstairs officials. He just takes issue with how it was made, as well as the fact that the SEC is denying that this kind of communication is happening.

So Auburn and Alabama have inside guys instructing SEC refs on what to do?

Color me fricking shocked

I'm willing to believe anything regarding SEC refs after watching the AU game in 2006. It was blatant and the refs totally controlled that game.

We all know this shite as being going on for decades and if you get old timers drunk at the hunting clubs in Bama they will admit it. It is just that the rest of the world is now starting to get it too.

I too, would like to see the SEC HQ moved every 4 years to a different school. What is it, desk & a few phones...

I would also like to find out, how many ref"s come from ALABAMA.

Alabama never gets called for "holding".

Seems the only game last year that was called correctly was the ALA, AUBURN game... guess both teams came from ALABAMA

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As I read Pereira's essay, he's not insinuating that a man upstairs is ordering the officials downstairs to make bad calls that rig the outcome of the game. He's saying that the upstairs official is not only ruling on reviewable calls (his job), but also on non-reviewable calls

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I don't think there should be any non-reviewable calls. Screw the integrity of the officiating. I don't care one bit about that. Get it right. Keep it fare to the competitors.

I read it but didn't need to read it to know SEC officiating is corrupt. It's been obvious for years. Alabama goes whole years with no offensive holding calls. When it comes down to critical times in a game a call will almost never go against them. The lone exception being the 9-6 LSU victory a few years back. Before that game there was such a storm of criticism of the bias favoring Bama that with the eyes of the country on them, the refs couldn't work their usual magic. It's very important for the integrity of the league that this bias is kept in the national light until changes are made.