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SEC Officiating Bias Towards LSU
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:49 am
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:49 am
When the SEC needs to make the call, they put David Smith as the head official for whoever LSU is playing.
Former Alabama QB David Smith
Now lets look at the games he's officiated between LSU and their opponent.
2026: LSU-Ole Miss (32-23) (Road) L
2025: LSU-Vanderbilt (31-24) (Road) L
2023: LSU-Ole Miss (55-49) (Road) L
2022: LSU-UGA (50-30) (Neutral) L
2021: LSU-UCLA (38-27) (Road) L
2021 LSU-Kentucky (42-21) (Road) L
(0-6)
LSU is allowing an average 41 points per game when he's officiating while all of the games being away from Tiger Stadium
Former Alabama QB David Smith
Now lets look at the games he's officiated between LSU and their opponent.
2026: LSU-Ole Miss (32-23) (Road) L
2025: LSU-Vanderbilt (31-24) (Road) L
2023: LSU-Ole Miss (55-49) (Road) L
2022: LSU-UGA (50-30) (Neutral) L
2021: LSU-UCLA (38-27) (Road) L
2021 LSU-Kentucky (42-21) (Road) L
(0-6)
LSU is allowing an average 41 points per game when he's officiating while all of the games being away from Tiger Stadium
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:51 am to tzimme4
This is weak and there is still time to delete it.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:51 am to Mikaelomo
Numbers and facts don't lie. People here makes claims about, yet I presented you facts.
Tennessee has a beef because he was on the call this past weekend against South Carolina. But he's been even worse when it comes to LSU games.
Tennessee has a beef because he was on the call this past weekend against South Carolina. But he's been even worse when it comes to LSU games.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 9:54 am
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:54 am to tzimme4
quote:
LSU is allowing an average 41 points per game
By your own words, we deserve to be 0–6 in those games.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:55 am to tzimme4
This guy is still worse
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:56 am to tzimme4
quote:
Numbers and facts don't lie
They can misrepresent the truth if they are cherry picked though.
- Is this 100% of the games he has called against LSU in the time span you provided?
-What do the penalty numbers look like against LSU in games he has called, and how do they compare to other games that same season?
-Is there a huge discrepancy between penalties called against LSU versus their opponent in these games?
- Do penalties called against other teams in these games differ greatly from the rest of their season?
Given the fact of who made this thread, I will not be expecting any of that information, and I will just make a safe assumption that this was very much cherry picked.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 9:57 am
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:56 am to Mikaelomo
Regardless of validity, no ref, under any circumstances, should be allowed to officiate an SEC game of a university that he attended and actually played for.
I saw a conflict 2 weeks ago that had me personally confused on how the league would let it happen. There were no issues, but the optics dont pass the test of looking suspicious, if a wierd situation would have occured
I saw a conflict 2 weeks ago that had me personally confused on how the league would let it happen. There were no issues, but the optics dont pass the test of looking suspicious, if a wierd situation would have occured
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:57 am to Meauxjeaux
quote:
By your own words, we deserve to be 0–6 in those games.
Go look at the penalty discrepancy and you'll see why
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:57 am to JimTiger72
Whatever happened to the Baja guy with big eyes? Tom something maybe?
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:57 am to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:
Is this 100% of the games he has called against LSU in the time span you provided?
Yes
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:58 am to Schmelly
quote:
Whatever happened to the Baja guy with big eyes? Tom something maybe?
Roll Tide Tom Ritter
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:58 am to ChatGPT of LA
Well we sucked during those years so..............
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:02 am to tzimme4
You did all the research but you left out the penalty discrepancy between the teams. Also average penalty in other games in the same season would with the games in question being left out.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:09 am to tzimme4
This is a bad take.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:10 am to tzimme4
We had the int overturned in the Auburn game...I was blown away we got the call even though it was the correct call. We need to get over the refs always screwing us. Or watch how bad the calls are around the country. BYU ripped the kickers helmet off and they ran the clock out for the kicker losing his helmet 
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:13 am to tzimme4
I believe the fact that he’s officiated only away games for LSU can be partially explained by geography. If he’s based in north Georgia or north Alabama, it makes sense for him to call games closer to that area, if there are crews closer to Baton Rouge.
It also makes sense for LSU’s record on the road to be worse than at home, especially in down years. We just broke a road conference losing streak.
As others have posted, the real comparison should be penalties with and without that ref. Road games in the same seasons ideally. And comparison of penalties between the teams in each game.
From the UCLA game, their RB had a career day and he wasn’t wearing black and white stripes.
The UGA game was the SECC game that year. The LSU D was baby soft and the 50 points UGA put up might be the easiest they got all season.
It also makes sense for LSU’s record on the road to be worse than at home, especially in down years. We just broke a road conference losing streak.
As others have posted, the real comparison should be penalties with and without that ref. Road games in the same seasons ideally. And comparison of penalties between the teams in each game.
From the UCLA game, their RB had a career day and he wasn’t wearing black and white stripes.
The UGA game was the SECC game that year. The LSU D was baby soft and the 50 points UGA put up might be the easiest they got all season.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 10:18 am
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:15 am to tzimme4
quote:ok, but surely you understand that correlation doesn't equal causation.
Numbers and facts don't lie. People here makes claims about, yet I presented you facts.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:16 am to tzimme4
quote:
Tennessee has a beef because he was on the call this past weekend against South Carolina. But he's been even worse when it comes to LSU games
It is more likely he is just incompetent rather than corrupt
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:17 am to TheHarahanian
It just so happens that Tennessee has the same issue with him on road games where his crew has taken away game winning touchdowns.
Tennessee has an atrocious record on the road as well
Tennessee has an atrocious record on the road as well
Posted on 10/27/26 at 10:18 am to tzimme4
quote:
Numbers and facts don't lie. People here makes claims about, yet I presented you facts.
Good point. 3 of the games you listed involved games played by two of the worst defenses in the history of LSU football. Maybe that has something to do with it.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 10:18 am
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