re: This is supposedly a penalty per SEC referees

If you really want to have a good time, go look at how many refs that aren't Bama alum, but have siblings that are, or in several cases, their parents are boosters at Bama.

Enjoy that rabbit hole.

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If you really want to have a good time, go look at how many refs that aren't Bama alum, but have siblings that are, or in several cases, their parents are boosters at Bama.

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Right.

I'm sure this isn't just an SEC thing. I'd assume that if you're a Big 12 fan there are feelings you have in regards to Texas for these same sorts of things.

The issue is that, for whatever reason, there really is something different about biases that surround college affiliations. Whether alumni or simply regional favorites...the pull is strong. We know this as fans ourselves. And, since the SEC admits this could be a problem by not allowing alumni to call games involving their own teams, why pretend that it only includes alumni, and not boosters or fans?

This is a different topic, but I think the only way to get away form this issue is to do away with regional conference affiliations and have an NCAA header that handles it all. Imagine an NFL style setup with current conferences forming NFL style divisions. No local control, no local officiating. Ensure that officials working game are from different parts of the country with no ties to the conference. It's not as if college football doesn't make enough money to pay officials to be full tie or to fly them in from all over the country. This would also address my issues with the stupid playoff system we have where eyeball test trump mathematics. But that's a topic for a different thread...

Hell...it's one thing to wonder why member SEC schools don't start clamoring for an investigation. Maybe it'll take someone from outside caring out fairness to programs not in the SEC who can get rolled by this system too. Maybe just some unaffiliated sports journalist or undercover group?

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the big 3 in the SEC

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Who dat?

That 3rd Gif of JJ getting drilled is textbook targeting (but maybe before targeting became a thing). It should have been at least a 15 yard penalty. I believe that was also the PP7 non interception game.

Another example of the Bama bias is Devin White’s targeting call (against Miss St) and suspension last year. No way in hell that should have been call targeting much less and penalty. Now to be fair DW being out the first half did not really make a difference in the game. Can’t win if you can’t score.

Bama, Auburn and Florida are the Tier 1 SEC Football teams.

Bama will get favoritism over those two, but those two get more than enough help when needed.

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That 3rd Gif of JJ getting drilled is textbook targeting (but maybe before targeting became a thing)

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Correct...before targeting was a thing. It was textbook spearing. In fact, in 2005 it became a bigger point of emphasis, and this hit was from 2009.

This was before targeting, though.

But yes...100% that was a penalty when it occurred.

The push up penalty was definitely ticky tac but the defender absolutely gave a little extra shove while getting up. If someone did that to Burrow everyone on here would be screaming for a penalty.

If you watch that play from a different angle the extra shove is more noticeable also. It was a chicken shite call but the shove was also unnecessary.

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And LSU doesn’t??????

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In comparison to BAMA historically?

No.

On a game by game head to head basis...sure, occasionally.

Look...a few years ago I went through the trouble of setting up a chart comparing LSU and BAMA penalties per game going from 2000 through I think 2012. It was an interesting chart, because unlike most times we could ac actually compare programs that were coached by the same guy.

And guess what? It made almost no effect. Nick Saban's coached LSU teams were flagged more often every year, by a lot, than were BAMA's teams...regardless of who the coach was at BAMA. Likewise, when Saban got to BAMA, his teams were suddenly flagged less than they had been when he was wearing P&G.

Year after year, coach after coach...same results.

Why are you guys already make up with the ref shite????? I’ve never seen a fan base almost already beaten three weeks before a game is played and it has nothing. To do with how good each team is....

Why you asking me this?