re: The Big Eye Doesn’t Lie

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actually getting to the point where I don't care that much for college football - if this is how it is going to be. It isn't real.




Me too, I'm pretty much done for a while. I'll watch the LSU games and follow a few other teams around the country I have connections too, but I'm done watching random games, just don't have interest any more. We might as well be watching Monday Night Raw.

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count me in - I gave up on professional sports long ago because it started resembling big-business-gone-hollywood more than the sports events that I grew up addicted to.

I love competition - fair and agressive competition.

I can accept bad breaks - this is symbolic of life - sports don't build character - sports reveals character.

But when you smother the competition aspects of the game with the desire to make money - with a venue of exhibitionism - with anythig that detracts from fair and aggressive play of the game, I lose interest.

That happened to professional sports. Now it is happening to college football.

I am back to watching high school volleyball. Nothing there but genuine competition and I love the hell out of it.

Man, I didn't know that eleventy billion false starts were a part of a officiating conspiracy and not part of a lack of discipline/hostile environment. Or not having enough men on the line of scrimmage, or running into a punter, or an obvious intentional grounding. Yeah...the refs took it to LSU without reason.

LSU is one hell of a team, but the team as a whole got beat up a bit by a team off a bye and with something to prove. Is Alabama more talented? Hell no. But they seem to be in better conditioning at this point. Jordan Jefferson is going to be a baller. So enough with the officiating: Jarret Lee wasn't going to lead some 4th quarter miracle even had that play been ruled an interception. Finish the year strong, and we'll see you next year!

well at least you didn't copy somebody else's quote in your response to me

????????? didn't ask that question or bring up that point to my knowledge.

I don't think there is a conspiracy hadned down from on high.

I do think the officials have personal biases that they are acting on.

They are not trained to be totally objective - not on purpose, just from human nature.

I see a lot of things with my P/G glasses and I know it. I back off and try to be as objective as I can.

But I would never consent to referreeing a game between LSU and Alabama - I know I am not strong enough to be totally objective - and even if I was, I would not expect anyone else to believe me.

So - the fault I see in the SEC is in not policing the officiating crews. They need to have an investigative unit dispassionately analyzing game calls and making sure there is not pattern of bias.

For instance, is it really evidenced by video analysis that if you formed a team called "alabama opponent" that team will be the most penalized team in the nation??? I don't have a link for this - may be bullshite - but that is the kind of analysis that ought to be done to see IF there is any 'favoritism' seeping into an officiating teams calls.

This is where the SEC is weak - perhaps all conferences are equally weak. I only follow SEC football.

eta - when there is a big disparity in calls for an important game, I think the SEC should analyze game video for obvious "no-call" instances on the favored team for similar infractions.

for instance, pass interference should work the same way for both teams. Holding should work the same way for both teams. etc.

In baseball, one official has a 'wider strike zone' than the other ump. No big deal as long as the strike zone doesn't get big or little depending on who is at bat.

I can see a coach saying - "OK - they are gonna call holding if you touch the jersey - so be careful out there."

But that shite gets old when YOU are getting flagged for touching nylon, when your tackles are getting pulled down by their jerseys on every play with 'no-call.'

Remember the 2006 Auburn game. The fix was in for LSU to get beat.

Your rant is extremely long on opinion, rumor and innuendo and very short on facts and research to back your opinions up. We all know about Patrick Peterson, but surely there is something you can come up with to back up all your other assertions. I've had more informative and educational opportunities listening to Sean Hannity.

For someone so educated and so credentialed, I am surprised that we couldn't get more than an SEC slime piece.

That made me feel good. Thank you.

I also wanted to comment on the broadcasters. They are also biased in protecting their contract to broadcast the SEC games, so you get the same bullshite. How can you respect the guy calling the game when he just won't call it like he sees it. You say, wow, that call was horrible when it is. You say, wow, great call when it is. Too many times, they just hold their tongue or dance around it so they don't criticize the officials during the call of the game. Bad officiating is part of the game, and the commentators should call it like they see it. This also helps keep officiating honest.

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So much made of Peterson's interception, so little about the spot of the ball on the 3rd play from scrimmage. Instead of 1st and 10 LSU is 3 and out.

That spot forbode all.

And since when is a 5 yard penalty 5.5 yards. Or spearing a QB a non call. Or grabbing a facemask of an O line a non call.

I believe Bama has a high ratio of penalties per game, just not SEC games. Tennesse 13 penalties, Bama 1.

It's not the calls against LSU; it's the non calls for Bama.