Official SEC Football Thread 2009

[OLS]

I have cooled off quite a bit since Saturday. But in this conference that is under so much scrutiny,
with their 3 BILLION dollar TV deal, I am just saddened that competent officials with the benefit of slo-mo
replay, are still making the wrong calls. Then you have the Mt. Cody helmet no-call, the bull$hit celebration calls.
These calls are RIDICULOUS. It has me fatigued and dis-interested. And if anybody thought the conspiracy
theories would die down, well, there is little chance of that now. When I cap on your teams, it is all in fun.
That's why this thread is here. And like I said, it is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in the BCS
that I could care less who wins the title now. I remember fondly when it was all about what bowl you went
to, and very few teams thought much of their chances to win a national championship.
Maybe it doesn't say much for my fan-ness. I have always stated i am an Alabama fan until they play LSU
and so i am also hoping for a good showing in ATL. And thank goodness I have months to get over it, or i would
have a tough time holding down my supper watching that game. Roll Tide. And Power...I don't hate the gators,
I hate YOU for taking my cigars......

[DavenportESQ]

Originally Posted by OLS

I have cooled off quite a bit since Saturday. But in this conference that is under so much scrutiny,
with their 3 BILLION dollar TV deal, I am just saddened that competent officials with the benefit of slo-mo
replay, are still making the wrong calls. Then you have the Mt. Cody helmet no-call, the bull$hit celebration calls.
These calls are RIDICULOUS. It has me fatigued and dis-interested. And if anybody thought the conspiracy
theories would die down, well, there is little chance of that now. When I cap on your teams, it is all in fun.
That's why this thread is here. And like I said, it is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in the BCS
that I could care less who wins the title now. I remember fondly when it was all about what bowl you went
to, and very few teams thought much of their chances to win a national championship.
Maybe it doesn't say much for my fan-ness. I have always stated i am an Alabama fan until they play LSU
and so i am also hoping for a good showing in ATL. And thank goodness I have months to get over it, or i would
have a tough time holding down my supper watching that game. Roll Tide. And Power...I don't hate the gators,
I hate YOU for taking my cigars......

Calls are Calls, they happen each and every game, anything can be called on any play. Sometimes they are good sometimes they are bad. Each team gets there fair share of good and bad.

[OLS]

Originally Posted by DavenportESQ

Calls are Calls, they happen each and every game, anything can be called on any play. Sometimes they are good sometimes they are bad. Each team gets there fair share of good and bad.

Yeah, but I am not bitter about call A or call B. I am saying it is sloppy, incompetent, and
very much under a national microscope. I could care less how it affected my team. If a team
can't play PAST bad calls, they don't deserve to be thought of as elite. I am saying that it is
embarassing, and there are people who say that it borders on criminal.

[rizzle]

You act as if bad calls are a new thing when in fact they aren't. It is just the technology and information highways that proliferate opinions these days. Take the Peterson play from Saturday and put that same play back 20 years. The play is ruled incomplete on the field and then the next snap is run. Over and done. Now, we have 8 million cameras with slo mo, zoom, all kinds of crap and sometimes peoples opinions differ and what do they do, go to the innerwebs or blogs or sports "shows" and bicker and harp about it for weeks.

Bad calls suck, they really do. But I'm so sick of this conspiracy crap. Come on people, conspiracy? Really?

[Powers]

Originally Posted by OLS

I have always stated i am an Alabama fan until they play LSU