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10-22-2009, 12:48 PM | |
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Officiating Crew Suspended
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4583642
Crew removed from Oct. 31 gameComment Email Print Share Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference has suspended officials from last weekend's Arkansas-Florida game after the crew was involved in its second controversial call of the year. Referee Marc Curles' crew called a personal foul on Arkansas defensive lineman Malcolm Sheppard in the fourth quarter as the Gators were rallying for a 23-20 victory. The league said there was no video evidence to support the call. The same group of officials called the LSU-Georgia game earlier this month, which included a late unsportsmanlike conduct penalty the league said shouldn't have been called. "A series of calls that have occurred during the last several weeks have not been to the standard that we expect from our officiating crews," SEC commissioner Mike Slive said Wednesday. "I believe our officiating program is the best in the country. However, there are times when these actions must be taken." SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom said this is the first time the league has publicly suspended a football crew like this. The SEC says the crew will be removed from its next scheduled assignment Oct. 31 and will not be assigned to officiate as a crew until Nov. 14. The league said the crew's bowl assignments could also be impacted. "The entire crew shoulders responsibility for each play. I have taken this action because there must be accountability in our officiating program," Slive said. "Our institutions expect the highest level of officiating in all of our sports and it is the duty of the conference office to uphold that expectation." Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said in a statement: "We took the appropriate steps to address any issues we had with the league regarding this matter earlier in the week. Our focus as a football team has been and remains on this weekend's game against Ole Miss." They were terrible! I believe they lost the game for Arkansas |
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10-22-2009, 03:06 PM | #16 |
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OU has a better chance at the title than Boise State or Cinci does, that's the nature of the beast. You will never see Boise compete for a national title, even if they went undefeated and their non-conference schedule was Florida, Texas, Alabama and V. Tech they still wouldn't be in the title game.
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10-22-2009, 03:10 PM | #17 | |
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10-22-2009, 05:02 PM | #18 |
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[QUOTE=vailpass;6196507]Oh god please. That DII pretender should be banned from all televised games until they get a real football field. Please tell me how this schedule merits a BCS game let alone the NCS in any way, shape or form.
The same thing was said the year they beat OU! If you watch them they are a very good football team.
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10-22-2009, 06:49 PM | #21 |
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Its not enough, frankly. A conference's officials can pull all the stops to ensure that their teams with realistic BCS bowl chances get to those bowl games and only get a suspension to coverup the wrongdoing. Its bull.
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10-22-2009, 07:40 PM | #22 |
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The refs made Arkansas miss 2 FGs.
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10-22-2009, 07:43 PM | #23 |
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And now they've reprimanded Petrino for bitching about the shitty officiating crew that they have now suspended. Bunch of bullshit:
http://www.sportsdailyfix.com/ncaa/p...mments-ap.html
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