Comments on: SEC Officials Miss Call on LSU Interception by Patrick Peterson

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:29:31 +0000

Disclosure: Bama fan

While I feel all wrongs, even against my beloved ‘Bama, should be rectified, the video is inconclusive even on the best of days. Seeing a photo of chewed up grass somewhere does nothing to help Larry’s case.

I’ll admit I’m still looking at the clip to see if the pass was intercepted. It’s incredibly close. That said, I’m still not seeing inconclusive evidence it was. For better or worse, the camera just didn’t get that low y’all.

By: brad

brad — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:54:52 +0000

ok the corndog thing just confuses me.. its been called to my attention this week that other SEC fans refer to tailgating at tiger stadium as going to a carnival. can anyone say JEALOUSY!!! Anyone that has ever been to death valley, knows that it is one of the most mystic, beautiful, intimidating place in the country to play college football. and as for corndogs, our tailgate food consists of gumbo, and etouffee, and jamabalaya and many other unbelievable foods ever.. Were sorry that nobody ever talks about the atmosphere of other SEC venues but you dont have to HATE

By: daxxed

daxxed — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:32:42 +0000

Funny, whether the call was correct or not. What is LSU excuse for not beating Bama the other 59 minutes and 53 seconds of the game. Since the play in question took only 7 seconds. So the Tiger fans blame their inability to win the game on a disputed call..Could it be that your team was just out played, their conditioning was not the caliber of Bama’s, your coaches were out coached and your team just did not have the strength to excel or even compete in the 4th quarter. Proof is in the stats and the final score…

By: FBSREF

FBSREF — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:27:07 +0000

Bleed crimson,
Julio’s right foot is in the air when he makes contact with the ball. Peterson has possession as soon as he has his hands on the ball. Any touching at that point, is negated by Peterson’s possession. Why do you think the SEC office refuses comment?
If Hodges got the call right, you can bet they would have come out in support of the ref and said it was the right call. The SEC has taken enough beatings over the officials this year. There silence on the matter is deafening. They don’t want to have to make any more public apologies or reprimands for their officials.

By: Bleed Crimson

Bleed Crimson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:23:35 +0000

Patrick. Note Julio’s feet and left hand. By rule the ball is out of bounds. Bama fans and SEC officials look forward to your appology.

By: jwzg

jwzg — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:18:35 +0000

Ok, corndogs, and tell me karma doesn’t happen. Remember the “no call” on the obvious pass interference in the endzone in 2004? It’s amazing that I watched this video just last week and it’s now been removed because of a TOS violation. I guess LSU has NEVER benefitted from officiating incompetence.

Enjoy the Chick-fil-a Bowl…again! ROTFL

RTR

By: rtr

rtr — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:01:50 +0000

Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds
ARTICLE 4. No eligible offensive receiver who goes out of bounds during a down shall touch a legal forward pass in the field of play or end zones or while airborne until it has been touched by an opponent or official (A.R. 7-3-4-I-III). (A.R. 7-3-4-IV)].PENALTY—Loss of down at the previous spot [S16 and S9].

If Julio touched the ball, then the play is dead, regardless of who eventually caught it, and whether that player got one or both feet down in bounds. And of discussion.
Better luck next year Tigers.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:35:08 +0000

What is becoming abundantly clear is that in the BCS era and the big money it brings to the conference that makes it to the so-called championship game (which it isn’t without a playoff), officials should be under NCAA control and employ, not the conferences themselves which have a vested interest in getting their teams to the top of the BCS standings.

I’m not suggesting the fix is in, but a few weeks ago those suggesting it were dismissed as kooks, and with each terrible call favoring Alabama and Florida, the bad smell gets worse and it’s harder and harder to continue to see the “conspiracy” folks as kooks on the fringe. They look more and more plausible with each bad call.

By: Palpatine

Palpatine — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:13 +0000

“Article 3. Ball Out of Bounds Reply
“Ball Out of Bounds
ARTICLE 3. a. A ball not in player possession, other than a kick that scores a field goal, is out of bounds when it touches the ground, a player, a game official or anything else that is on or outside a boundary line.”

Julio is clearly out of bounds when he touches the ball simultaneously with Peterson. Even before Peterson could tuck the ball, the ball was dead. Julio makes contact with the back 1/3 of the ball with his left hand before Peterson even tucks the ball, therefore the pass is incomplete. Doesn’t matter where Peterson’s feet landed.

By: george

george — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:48:33 +0000

(DISCLOSURE: LSU FAN)
I was in the stadium with my 7yr old son… watching it from up where the blimps were, and you could see the divot with binoculars… about a foot inside.

What nobody is talking about is the obvious. This is not about a Gators Bama SEC conspiracy. I think the teams are victims of officials GAMBLING!

This will probably result in the SEC losing its supremacy. When players the caliber of Petersen stat looking to other schools. Other conferences will start selling them on the idea that their ‘future great plays’ will get robbed by a conspiring league, gambling officials, or plain and simply officials who already lost their driver licenses for poor vision.

As for who dominated the game… it was pretty even until the 4th. And total yards for both teams would have been much closer had LSU marched the ball 70 yds the other way had it been given its earned chance after Peterson’s INT. It’s much easier to do when you only need one score and have plenty of time on the clock. They did it at Georgia even after they were hunkered down in a defensive strugle.