SEC: Officials made correct calls at Auburn-LSU

PI on Irons with Lafell in the end zone.
The 4th down conversion to Hester that was ruled an incomplete pass. Stopped a drive when we had momentum.
The fumble by AU that LSU recovered by was ruled down by contact.

Someone please answer those THREE in addition to the bull**** explanation the SEC offered. I was at the game and saw all those live without the benefit of replay. 4 calls in one game that all went against LSU totally made the difference. Only thing I can say is - the AU fans who were by and large complete dicks on the way to the stadium were largely humble when leaving. Humble but happy. I was proud of our team, but pissed because LSU lost because of poor officiating. It is the first time I can remember LSU actually losing because of officiating. The game was not decided by the participants, but by the officials.

LSU had 10 offensive possessions and 3 of those were stopped by the officials on incorrect calls, not by Auburn. Who knows what may have happened, but I am pretty sure we would have scored enough points to go ahead.

It was enough to have to play Auburn, which is a really good team, in their house (which was loud as hell) - but to overcome monumental officiating fukups - that was too much even for LSU.

I was joking when I was leaving the stadium that Auburn needed to stop warring eagles and start warring zebras. War zebra. That is what AU's battle cry should have been for the 2006 game.

I am sure they are happy no matter what, and I guess I would be, too. I was thinking that the PI flag against Doucet was their good karma going bad, but then they picked it up. I almost puked when I figured out that the people around me were not joking. That was bush.

 

Precisely what I was thinking.

 

What struck me too on the last PI flag pick up: I've never seen a ref throw a flag, the head ref come back, make the announcement over his mic......and then come back and pick it up. That even made it more bush to me. I don't know.....for some reason that made it seem even more shady.

 

I am with you on this! I have never seen a ref change a call after announcing it.

 

"The point is: he was already being tackled before the tip. Maybe he wouldn't of had to jump the way he did..."

The answer to it all is this, watch the replay again and honesty tell me whether or not the LSU receiver left his feet before being touched by the Auburn DB?

In my opinion the replay clearly shows he left the ground at the same time as contact from the DB and almost a fraction of a second later another Auburn DB tips the ball away.

So in my opinion the contact from the Db had nothing to do with the receivers jump. It was a bang bang play and many are acting like the DB made contact with the receiver and 4 seconds later the tip happened.

 

the dude was hanging onto early... much the same way irons hung on to lafell.

 

The contact with the receiver took place before the tip. Isn't the rulebook specific on this? It was pass interference and the head office is wrong. I think the SEC is playing politics. They don't want to be perceived at the end of the season as having a ref affect the national championship picture with a bad call.

 

It was, indeed, a bang bang play. My biggest beef with the whole thing was that the ref made the announcement, then it was overturned on the field. Those guys huddle and talk over obvious calls to make sure they are all in agreement before going out over the mic. I have seen PI flags pulled lots of times in games when the ball was tipped, but never had something overturned after it was announced to the crowd except through video replay.

This was the lowlight of a lousily officiated game, and most all the breaks went to Auburn. I do think LSU got away with a potential PI call, I believe in the 3rd Qtr. My immediate reaction was that it was a payback for not calling PI right before half on Lafell in the endzone.

We're not going to accept or like this - so you might as well quit trying to rationalize or defend this to us.

Good luck the rest of the way.

 

So dumb it's astonishing. Yeah he tipped it, but Doucet was getting mugged only a yard from the ball. Who's to say he couldn't have contested for the ball? It doesn't matter that it's unlikely. The point is, the receiver MUST be given the chance.

I've NEVER heard of a ball being ruled uncatchable because of a denfeder's actions. EVER. That applies to a pass that is thrown far away from a receiver.

 

I haven't either. In fact, the only time I have seen a tipped ball overruling a PI call is when it is tipped at the line or by LB in flight. Never on a bang-bang play when a cornerback is drapped over the receiver and the ball is tipped 5 inches from the receivers hands.. That's 35 years of football.

Bang-bang play means so close that even if it is tipped at the last second, the rule of not allowing a cornerback to tackle a receiver still applies.......therefore, PI and automatic FIRST DOWN! (Always wanted to do that)