re: SEC Officiating

A defensive player is not "defenseless" by definition. If anything the targeting should have been called on Number 80.
Despite that I am surprised that the refs did not flag this play.

You forgot targeting. Mack Wilson lowers his head on damn near every tackle.

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Bama averaged 5.8 penalties a game on the season and 6.7 per game in the three games before last night.

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Dont get caught up in the number of penalties. It is always the situation where one comes up or in case of Bama calls that are not made or rulings that always go in their favor... like no targeting calls against them but their opponents are ravaged by them or favorable possession calls on pass reviews.

Congrats to the BIG 10 Refs who stood up and ignored the SEC MAFIA and Ringleader named BAMA Midget...frick THE SEC...

Does anyone have the official game stats. I cannot find them .... fricking internet is fricking useless.

Bama looked lost without the refs extending their drives with defensive penalties. Bama receivers always wanting pass interference calls on the defense. Refs let the teams play and called bama on things they were so used to getting away with all year. It was awesome to watch.

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With SEC officials bama averaged 5.4 penalties for 46.8 yards per game. Without SEC officials bama averaged 7.5 penalties for 73 yards per game.

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I would love to compare the timing and context of some of those as well.

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I didn't need anymore proof, and I hope nobody else here did either.

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I think what OP meant by his post was maybe the whole nation will see that SEC Bama bias is actually real when a game is officiated correctly. The numerous holding no call was ridiculous. Not to mention all the targeting penalties that ALL favored Bama.

“The bias is real”

We only have to look at the bridge schedule instituted by the SEC home office after the 2012 season to note that something fishy is going on with Bama and the SEC.

Kentucky, I believe, was taken off the LSU 2013 schedule and Georgia was added to it. Georgia was taken off the Bama 2013 away schedule and Kentucky was added to it

Of course, none of that excuses LSU not beating Bama since 2011 and being out scored 63 to 10 in the last three years.

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I believe the fear of penalties was a huge factor in the play of their O line

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This was the case of the Clemson Fire Drill I mentioned on the firs page. Alabama had the ball on the one yard line or closer and had a false start called against them and had to settle for a FG.

They were probably told to NOT commit a penalty when they had the ball at the six yard line. Clemson ate their lunch and they probably lost yards after their first down inside the 10.

When Bama isn't allowed to cheat they are a very good team. BUT, not near as great as they are when they can freely hold, jump early on defense and offense, target, etc.

When a team knows they are going to have very few if any penalties regardless of what they do, it makes them a much better team. Especially when you are talking about the confidence level and momentum.