Tom Ritter and crew will be officiating LSU/Bama

I agree. Ritter hates us. Be tough to win a close one with these guys.

 

I guess I never realized they announced the refs so far in advance. I am sure Vegas appreciates it.

 

Ritter's crew worked the Bama game in Tuscaloosa in '07, and that worked out OK. :wave:

As long as Dick Burleson with his highly suspect Bama ties isn't in the replay booth this time, no sense in getting too worked up over it at the moment.

 

I do remember, however, that Jacob Hester ran out of bounds on Bama's sideline, was getting mugged by a handful of Bama players, and Hester got a 15 yard penalty for shoving back.

 

Then again, ol' Tom has his very own Facebook group:

Football Fans Against Tom Ritter | Facebook

:rofl:

 

Im already sick of the built in excuse of the refs. Was the Peterson no INT a BS call? Hell yeah it was. Fact is though missed tackles, fumbles, bad coaching decisions, incomplete passes, dropped passes, etc all have far more influence on a game than one or two bad calls. The home team will always get the close calls. A school like Bama will always get a call their way. LSU will win or lose this game on their own, not the refs.

Sure a bad call hurts, but you have your opportunities to keep it out of the refs hands.

 

Watch the spots and holding calls.

http://gatorsfirst.com/index.php/fl...-upset-about-being-yelled-at-by-muschamp.html

''He didn't have to yell at me like that, gosh,'' said a still visibly shaken Ritter, who said he cried all the way home after the game. ''I'm doing the best I can, gee whiz, and it's hard having someone tell you you're a no good so-and-so. That just hurts. Officials have feeling too, you know?''

 

Maybe I'm being too logical, but here goes...

Given the hype surrounding this game, combined with what will be a sizeable primetime TV audience on CBS, perhaps the SEC realizes the officiating will be scrutinized to the nth degree. The end result being an appropriately called, fair game from an officiating standpoint.

Let's hope so.

:geauxtige

 

That's what I always told my players- not just football. Does suck though when a team has busted their balls to be IN a game and a bad call takes away the opportunity for victory.