09 Real Deal College Football Discussion/No Homers - Lets geh geh GET IT!

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I think a lot of us saw this coming about Pryor when he committed to Ohio State.
They run a boring, predictable, and often sluggish offense.

Tressel is gonna be feeling the heat if he isn't already if they don't start contending for NC's.

 

[willinc]

at that Tebow play

 

[apowell11]

he should have gone to Oregon

 

[jville819]

Originally Posted by apowell11

he should have gone to Oregon stuck with bball

 

[gunna get it]

SEC suspends crew from Fla.-Ark game until Nov. 14.

 

[juug knight]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

SEC suspends crew from Fla.-Ark game until Nov. 14.

....its too late...refs probably got bonuses for that $!#%

 

[fear the ibis]

If the Florida Gators win the national title this year, the championship should come with an asterisk:

*Referee-aided.

And the championship trophy should have a bronzed image of a blindfolded Southeastern Conference ref pulling a late flag out of his pocket and calling a phantom personal foul penalty on Arkansas.

And the inscription below the trophy should have my favorite limerick about college football officiating:

"There once was a ref whose vision,

Was cause for abuse and derision,

He remarked in surprise,

'Why pick on my eyes?

It's my conference that dictates my decision.'"

I'm not saying SEC officials are protecting their cash cow known as the Florida Gators, but I believe the SEC officiating crew that called the UF-Arkansas game Saturday was made up of Line Judge Mr. Two-Bits, Field Judge Albert the Alligator and Side Judge Bob Tebow.

Yes, I'm kidding, but only partly. Anybody who has read this column for any length of time knows I believe college football officiating is the biggest scam this side of the BCS. I'm not saying conference football officials blatantly cheat (although sometimes I wonder), but I am saying it's human nature that they are going to err on the side of their paycheck.

The SEC has admitted that the refs working the UF-Arkansas game were wrong on a crucial personal-foul penalty called against Arkansas DT Malcolm Sheppard on the Gators' game-tying drive in the fourth quarter. There was also an equally awful pass-interference call against the Hogs in the fourth quarter, but the SEC wouldn't comment on that one.

Now, of course, the conspiracy theorists are out in full force, wondering if SEC refs are trying to protect the Gators. Their reasoning: If Florida and Alabama stay unbeaten, the SEC Championship Game will draw monster ratings. And monster ratings eventually translate into monster revenue.

These are the kinds of scandalous perceptions you create when you allow major conferences to employ their own refs. I've written this before and I will keep writing it until this travesty ends:

Why is college football the only college sport that has "conference officials" who traditionally work for only one league? College baseball umps and college basketball refs aren't employed exclusively by one conference. They are in regional officiating organizations that are utilized by multiple conferences.

But college football is different in that it is the only sport where the big conferences control all the money. And when you control all the money, you want control over the officials, too. Let's face it, one flag here or there can determine who gets a $20 million bowl bid and plays for a national championship.

Sorry, but I've seen too many times in the past where major conference officials have made blatantly bad calls in favor of the league that signs their paycheck.

Remember the "Swindle in the Swamp" a few years ago when ACC officials absolutely hand-delivered Florida State a victory over the Gators?

Or what about last year's UCF-USF game when Big East refs perpetrated a series of questionable calls that helped their boys beat the Knights?

And every longtime UCF fan will tell you about the 1999 game when the Knights were driving for the winning score against Georgia, but were taken out of field-goal range when an SEC official called a phantom penalty for, um, offensive pass interference.

Former Marshall coach Bob Pruett told me bluntly a few years ago: "The big schools want their own officials to protect their teams, and most of the mid-majors have to agree to it because they need the money."

UCF Coach George O'Leary says now he shies away from scheduling road games against major conference foes unless he can bring his own Conference USA officials.

"There's a reason you want your officials with you when you go play away," O'Leary said.

%%%% Pace, an Orlando resident and a retired SEC official, told me once that he actually drew up a detailed plan in which he advocated officials be assigned to NCAA regions instead of hired by conferences.

"I presented the plan to former NCAA commissioner Cedric Dempsey," Pace said. "He said he liked it but said the conference commissioners would never go for it because they wouldn't want to give up their power. The major conferences want to be in charge of their own officials."

And so now we take you to a meeting of SEC refs, where they are discussing upcoming assignments. Let's listen in, shall we:

"Two bits, four bits, six bits - proclaim!

"We need the Gators in the championship game!"

 

[gunna get it]

I was on the sideline for UGA debacle. I think they called Off PI on Kenny Clark

was the biggest crock!

the next yr we beat Alabama for their homevoming. My boy DBush Housed a INT. was CRAZY!


I always felt like they should just have a NCAA officiating crew. no conference allegiances

 

[5am6oody72]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

SEC suspends crew from Fla.-Ark game until Nov. 14.

They shoulda done that after the excessive celebration penalty on UGA.

 

[executive76]

Alabama benefited from poor reffing also

 

[18key]

Oh and these two teams will benefit again, bet that.


It kinda hurts though to know that without that flag the Gators could be ranked behind Boise St right now

 

[sorkoram]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

SEC suspends crew from Fla.-Ark game until Nov. 14.

and the GIF was dead on

 

[iye2]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Are yall watching college football live?

TP2's HS coach is shinin on Coach Sweatervest.
I get on TP2 a lot I had someone talk to me about TP the other day... When I get to my laptop I'll type more

He (Pryor) also dismisses comments by his former prep coach on ESPN.com: `don't know why he'd say that.'


..but really. The coach was just stating the obvious. He really didnt have anything bad to say. Unless I missed something..

 

[ninjallamafromhell]

Originally Posted by Fear The Ibis

 

[al3xis]

charles clay is a hell of a football player

 

[gregory house]

Originally Posted by Fear The Ibis

 

[nako xl]

UTEP's qb is surprisingly good...

 

[dacomeup]

Media tried to straight spin what DP said about TP2..

 

[gunna get it]

"There is no question that Rich Rodriguez's offense, for example, would be more apt to suit Terrelle's skills," Reitz said. "But Ohio State sold him on the idea that they would prepare him for the NFL and that they don't run 'zone-read' in the NFL. Jim Tressel is a great coach. But I can tell you there is more to Terrelle Pryor than what we've been seeing."


there aint no spinnin that. Dude is positively questioning Tressels coaching...

 

[nako xl]

it just occured to me that clausen's def going pro this year... what the hell is going to happen to NDs program? i haven't checked who their backup is,but i havent seen another qb take the field for the irish since Demetrius got benched and Sharpley stunk it up.

 

[wraith aka invincible]

nd has crist, and montana

 

[al3xis]

Dayne Crist.

Played in the Purdue game. He's got all the talent, just gota put it together.

 

[gunna get it]

Tommy Rees has only 3* but I promise he'll be better than Hendrix outta NDs 2010 QB CLass

 

[al3xis]

that's the word from some gunna. (well from those who don't obsess about *'s)

kid has been lighting it up this year, right?

Crist job for 2-3 years than him i would guess

 

[Sam Darnold Heisman #8]

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