SEC Officiating

I was only able to watch 2 SEC games (Ark/Aub & Bama/Ole Miss), but I was appalled by the officiating in both. Bama was handed the game against Ole Miss. While the Rebels were pathetic for having to come back and try to win, they were right there at the end.

"After a 5-minute review clearly showed Hodge stepped out of bounds and returned
to the field to make the catch, the play was ruled illegal and Alabama (5-2, 3-1
Southeastern Conference) took over on downs for a final snap to seal the
victory."

I'm glad this article leaves out the fact that it also clearly shows he was forced out, and that he clearly was not the first player to catch the ball.

At the razorback game, I had the sad misfortune of watching the officials call an extremely poor game in my homering opinion. Time after time, the Auburn players were on the backs and legs of Razorback defensive players. I can give them the helmet to helmet on the fragile Cox of the Auburn Tigers, but then you have the awful hit out of bounds call when the arkansas player already had his arms around the player. While the officiating may not have cost the hogs the game completely, the fact that the hogs had 100 penalty yards probably showed up somewhere in the field position battle.

Rogers Redding is the SEC coordinator of officiating and even now he is probably preparing a statement of apology to Ole Miss Fans for the blown call. Nothing can really be done about the Arkansas game, but as he sits drinking his Diet Dr. Pepper (which doesn't taste like regular Dr. Pepper... it tastes like shit!), I hope he feels bad for what his men allowed in the ugliest game of this whole season.