Video: Pate on SEC officiating (UGA-Barn)

[Cruloc]

He thinks they got the fumble call right.....interesting.

 

[Tidewater]

I agree that, in general, it appeared to me that the officials were losing control of the game. Not that I want the officials to inject themselves and control who wins the game. I do want the officials to enforce the rules fairly and impartially. To not intervene unnecessarily in the game. To manage the flow of the game and not get fazed by crowd noise, the environment, the intensity of the moment, etc.
This crew failed.

 

[colbysullivan]

I agree that, in general, it appeared to me that the officials were losing control of the game. Not that I want the officials to inject themselves and control who wins the game. I do want the officials to enforce the rules fairly and impartiality. To not intervene unnecessarily in the game. To manage the flow of the game and not get fazed by crowd noise, the environment, the intensity of the moment, etc.
This crew failed.

Same crew that allowed OU to score a TD on an illegal substitution play. Same crew that gave the Barn a free field goal with no time left in the 1st half...a game that we lost by 3 points.

 

[Tidewater]

Same crew that allowed OU to score a TD on an illegal substitution play. Same crew that gave the Barn a free field goal with no time left in the 1st half...a game that we lost by 3 points.

Hmmm .... Noticing a trend here.

 

[uafan4life]

He thinks they got the fumble call right.....interesting.

Because they did.

The announcers focused on the wrong arm-punch by the defender...

 

[MikeInBama]

Maybe this will speed along GPS sensors in the ball and we can take judgement calls for distance out of the game.

 

[colbysullivan]

Maybe this will speed along GPS sensors in the ball and we can take judgement calls for distance out of the game.

It will never be that precise

 

[RammerJammer14]

Maybe this will speed along GPS sensors in the ball and we can take judgement calls for distance out of the game.

Good GPS can get a location down to a meter. And that is a huge area in the “game of inches.”

 

[4Q Basket Case]

The barn did get jobbed in the Georgia game.

The fumble at the goal line gets all the attention. But it was so close. Whether it had been ruled a TD or a fumble, I don't see where replay would have overturned the call on the field.

The real officiating mistake on that play was the early whistle, negating UGA's return of the fumble for a TD. If the ball broke the plane before the QB lost control, that play should have been TD barn. If the QB did fumble, it should have been TD Georgia. If the play is officiated correctly, there's no way it's Georgia's ball inside the 1.

Allowing Kirby to get the benefit of a time out without having to spend one was ludicrous. Then there's the inconsistency around enforcement of targeting and roughing the passer.

Generally speaking, I don't think the refs are biased. I do think they're both inconsistent and incompetent. Separate and apart from the barn fumble, it is absolutely beyond me how the replay booth gets it wrong so much.

The ACC has centralized review similar to the SEC. I do like that the ACC allows fans to hear the discussion. Maybe that would be a good think for the SEC to try. The only tweak I'd add is that the discussion is available only immediately after the decision is announced. I'm trying to avoid accusations of crowd reaction -- which the centralized review refs will hear -- influencing their process while they're actively evaluating the play.

Yeah, it was the barn this time, and no Alabama fans are going to cry too much over it. We've been on the receiving end ourselves. I believe the no-call on the barn TD before the play of which we do not speak ended up costing us a National Championship.

Unless the SEC office fixes this madness, soon enough it'll be our turn in the barrel again.

 

[Tidewater]

Maybe this will speed along GPS sensors in the ball and we can take judgement calls for distance out of the game.

It will never be that precise

Yep. It is not a question of did the ball cross the goal line, but did the ball cross the goal line under the control of an offensive player. I do not think a sensor in a ball can tell you that, no matter how precise it is at measuring location.

 

[Krymsonman]

I didn't see the whole barn game, but I did see the Kirby time-out. He can say all he wants that he was clapping, but that's not what the video shows. He was making the classic time-out hand signal. He should have been charged a time-out, but the refs caved in. The ref that came in calling time-out Georgia should have stuck to his guns instead of caving to the Kirby nonsense.