re: When was last time officials impacted an LSU game? Almost never IMO

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To back this up look at the 2009 Bama/ Tenn game. Cody should have been flagged for a 15yd unsportsman penalty after taking his helmet off in the field of play after blocking the kick. The ball was still live and the play had not been whistled dead. This would have allowed Tenn to kick again 15yd closer for the win. Once again it would have only been a chance to win but it was a chance they never got.

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That's incorrect.

you could say 2009 Alabama cost us the game. We may not have driven down the field, but the officials and the replay officials stole that chance from us.

the entire 2006 auburn game was fricked by the officials. 6 or 7 drives completely ruined by bad and inconsistent officiating

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When was last time officials impacted an LSU game?

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2004 AU game.

1) Not even a holding call on the Doucet play? Similar play occurred earlier, and they called PI against LSU.

2) Lafell had a DB grabbing both of his arms in the endzone earlier.

3) Hester fumble review.

One that always comes to mind and haunts me is what if #24(Gordon?) hadnt been held when the ball was on its way or if the ref had seen it. The still shots were much more clear but the video at least shows how he was slowed. I believe he makes tackle if not held.
2005 Cap One bowl Catch

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bullshite. LSU had the ball 5[FIVE]Times inside the AU 50 in the 1st half and got ZERO points. The play-calling was horrible.

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They got zero points on those possessions because:

Possession #1: Completed pass for a first down on 4th and 1 was reversed on replay and ruled incomplete--bullshite call that cost LSU points

Possession #2: Completed pass for about 25 yards deep into Auburn territory was nullified by a phantom holding call on LSU--bullshite call that cost LSU points

Possession #3: Obvious pass interference on Lafell in the end zone just before halftime was not called--bullshite no-call that cost LSU points

Possession #4: Obvious pass interference on Doucet was ruled not pass interference because some Auburn player touched the ball about 2 weeks after Doucet was tackled--bullshite call that cost LSU points

Possession #5: We get stopped at the 4 needing a TD to win as time runs out. If any one of the preceding four thefts had not occurred and even if we only got a FG out of that one, then we could have kicked another FG on this one to win it 9-7.

LSU made the plays necessary to score points in that game, but they were consistently and repeatedly taken away by shitty officiating. There is no other way around it.

ETA: Just noticed your "in the first half" part above--not sure what you're talking about there...we did get 3 points in the first half, and I only remembered three possessions in their territory in the first half that did not result in points.

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The thing that pisses me off about the auburn '06 game, is that the same type of "pass interference" play happened earlier in the game when, i think it was Laron, intercepted the ball about 10 yards in front of pass interference, yet they called that pass interference, even thought the ball was no where near the intended reciever.
I don't remember if the PI occurred during the interception, or way before, but none the less, it was a very similar play as the late 4th quarter call.

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Yep, I remember that, too. Apparently intercepting the ball doesn't nullify pass interference. You have to just tip it and not catch it, I suppose...

...or be wearing an Auburn jersey.

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I thin we were helped tremendously by officials in 04 against Bama and against Troy later that same year. Bama was about to go ahead 17-6 and instead C Webb knocks a receiver down and returns the INT back for almost a TD.

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They were up 10-6 and would have had the ball at the 2 if the PI were called. That's no sure TD. Also, Webster didn't run it back for almost a TD, he ran it back to about midfield. Three plays later, we punted.

But even if you assume they would have scored the TD if the PI had been called, the final score of that game was 26-10. We dominated the fourth quarter. Give them that TD and we still win 26-17 at least.

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- - 2nd quarter. Auburn is in LSU territory, and completes a pass. A big hit jars the ball loose, but it's ruled down. Replay shows clearly the ball coming out. LSU recovered, but there was no official replay of the play. Auburn went on to score on that possession.

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This couldn't have been in the 2nd quarter. Auburn didn't score in that game until the 3rd quarter.

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No one will EVER convince me that the crew that day was NOT in the tank for Auburn.

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It is virtually 100% certain that a fix was on for that game.

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You can get one call wrong here or there, but to make that many obvious mistakes, all in one team's favor, is near criminal.

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Well, actually it IS criminal to fix the outcome of a game on which people are gambling.

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was at auburn for bullshite "across the scrimmage line/falling on o-line during PAT" call...it was devastating....

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Watching the youtube replay just now I had forgotten we still had a chance to win that game on the drive after the "do-over" PAT. If doucet could have brought that catch (slightly behind him) in at the 30 Gaudet has a decent field-goal chance at the end.

Regardless it was a horrible and rediculous PAT call that was never called but that one time and after that season was taken out of the rule book for good. I watched the replay several times and still do not see what was called in the first place. I know they said one player used another player to propel himself in the air or some bs. It seems like LSU has had several of those "only time ever called" penaties over the years. Very frustrating.