Thanks, I feel much better now

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/ncaa/11/15/bc.fbc.alabama.lsu.officials.ap/index.html


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The Southeastern Conference's supervisor of officials said an LSU player should have been called for pass interference in a pivotal interception against Alabama.

Side judge Blake Parks didn't call a penalty when Corey Webster picked off a pass in the end zone after pushing down receiver Keith Brown early in the third quarter.

"Let's just report it as I'd rather it have been called," said Bobby Gaston, who oversees SEC officials.

With the Tide leading 10-6, Webster returned the interception to the LSU 44. Alabama wound up losing 26-10.

Gaston said that Parks' vision was obscured by Brown and he couldn't change position because he was responsible for goal line coverage.

"If you look at it, he's straight-lined and has a hard time seeing the push and he can't call something that he doesn't see," Gaston said. "With the mechanics [positioning] that we use, we should have gotten that play.

"It just so happens that the receiver and the defender were straightlined down the goal line from where he was. That's no excuse for us not being able to see it."

Referee Penn Wagers led the officiating crew in the Alabama-LSU game and also the crew that erred in handling the clock late in the Tennessee-Florida game, a mistake that allowed the Volunteers more time to drive for a game-winning field goal. But Parks was not part of that crew.

Gaston said he had not received a tape of the play from Alabama, but planned to call Shula and apologize for the mistake.


Copyright 2004 Associated

 

Fuck off. That probably saved the under. I needed it. It covered the money I pissed away on Utah.

 

lsu scored on the drive. canceled out. just gave lsu 7 instead of alabama. turned the game around

 

utah...cant believe they laid down. I went to bed when the score 42-7. Figureed I wake up with a big fat chunk of change in my account....nope

 

no shit, i turned it after that call. it looked rigged or something. 2 refs staring right at the play, and no call? wtf...that was the biggest blown call ive ever seen in football, only because they were the only ones on that side of the field, wasn't like they were in traffic. ALL ALONE, so everyone had to be staring at that play.

 

the guy needs his ass beat

 

it was the most obvious blown call ive ever seen. the defender pushed the rec in the chest with both hands, knocking him to the ground, and then he intercepts the ball. I wasnt even as mad as I was completely shocked there was no penalty called.

 

bama could have won, with that TD, and the momentum, that was terrible.

 

this is why i could'nt coach at that level, i can see myself choking the guy til he turned blue...........on national tv, in front of a sell-out crowd. the guy should have to drink a bucket of piss provided by the entire bama football team.

 

that whole crew should be fired. to miss that blatant of a call means you dont have any business on the field. LSU wasnt even really trying to block or anything on the return because they knew it would get called back.