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Florida benefits from another blown call and Mississippi State's Dan Mullen is upset: http://bit.ly/PwhF (via @JayChristensen) 10/26/2009 |
Headlinin': This week in lamentable SEC officiating
Dr. Saturday —
... Sorry. The conference has spent much of the last three weeks calling out its own officials for bad calls in nationally televised games, so it shouldn't be a surprise that coaches are taking it upon themselves to open up on those lousy SEC refs after another sketchy weekend. First up: Mississippi State's Dan Mullen, who was incensed that officials failed to overturn Dustin Doe's icing interception return in the fourth quarter of MSU's loss to Florida despite losing control of the ball before he crossed the goal line:
The SEC is going to ...
Keep complaining, coaches: The SEC can hand out reprimands all day if it has to
Dr. Saturday —
... one and recovered by MSU in its own end zone for a touchback, but not overturned on replay. Now that the SEC office has made it a practice to openly admit its officials are less than perfect on a somewhat regular basis, coaches have been very fast to agree with them. Based on its corrections for the penalties against Green and Sheppard, there's no reason the SEC shouldn't issue a similar correction stating that Dustin Doe fumbled the ball before crossing the MSU goal line -- that's much less of a judgment call than either of the phantom penalties. ...
Daily Nugz - October 27, 2009
The Daily Gopher —
... (3) Referees aren't doing themselves any favors this year. Here is a recap of yet another blown call during a Florida game. This follows the epic meltdown in refereeing during their game against Arkansas. ...
