Worst ref call in State history (topic from the pay board)...

civildawg88

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just reading this thread makes me pissed off. I was too young to care about the BYU game but that Calvin Ridley TD was blatant cheating. The ref threw his hat indicating OOB and when he scored I was like it doesn't matter there's a flag for the receiver OOB. When they didn't call it, I was just speechless
 

RocketDawg

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The BYU game wasn't just a single call; it was the entire game, but concentrated in the 4th quarter with blatant holding never called. And it wasn't biased fans. Everybody in the stadium could see it other than the officials.

But the worst single call I can think of that I was present for was Ridley coming back in bounds to catch TD pass. That mis-call determined the entire game. I wasn't there, but the Auburn "first down" was absurd.
 

Baddog11

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When Steve Shaw sold his soul in the second half of the SEC championship game to help Tennessee remain undefeated.
 

DAWGSANDSAINTS

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I was on our sidelines for the BYU game in 2001 and had it been a baseball game, Jackie would have been tossed by the Umps.
I think those refs that night were going to do whatever it took to get back at him for the rightful tongue lashing he gave them all night and have BYU win the game at all costs
A questionable block in the back call on a punt return that put us inside the bama 10 yd line in 1999 in Tuscaloosa
A phantom call in our EZ against bama. - a PI call that was called based on what the Ref thought was going to happen vs what actually did happen and I do think that guy or crew was suspended maybe ?
we’ve been screwed so many times over the years it’s laughable really.
 

Motodawg

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Not in a game but remember when Ole Miss complained to the SEC the year we beat LSU in Red Stick and they got Dillon Day suspended for a game for unsportsmanlike for stepping on lsu defender??
 

msubrave

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Maybe not the worst but, a game against bama during the Mullen era. We punted and the returner caught it cleanly. The ref decided we were too close and gave a 15 yard penalty. Mullen rightfully lost his **** and got another 15 yards tacked on. I've never been more upset with a ref.
 
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I was at that BYU game. If I recall correctly they kept running an illegal play with no calls. All the fans in the stands were livid. Some BYU fan called into Coach Sherrill’s show after the game asking if we wanted cheese with all our whine.
No offense but 17 those polygamist weirdo’s. Not to say they all are, still, 17 BYU. Good ol BYU. Michael Jackson’s favorite university… lmao. The 2017 Alabama game was absolutely maddening as well as many others have said as well. Gets old being us and earning victories only to have an official 17 the whole game. I’ll come up with more believe me. Also the umpire called a completely 17ed up super regional vs Georgia just to throw that out there. Quite literally influencing the outcome. Even after we’d thrown strike 3 twice. Until the hitter got the perfect pitch to hammer. That’s not nearly all.
 

Maroon13

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Dick Pace call in 1981 is the worst. State would have won the game if not for that call. I was there. Only egg bowl I ever attended in Jackson.

99. We got called twice for block in back on punt returns. Vs Bama and Arkansas. Well maybe the Ark game was an int return. None the less, the sec did not want us back in Atlanta after the 98 game.

I don't think the 17 bama game call was significant as State fans believe. Even with that call, which happened on Bamas 2nd down, State had the lead later.... and just like every year... 91, 92, 94, 99 and 14. Bama dropped the accelerator down the stretch and took the game.
 
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DawgTown Blues

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I'll add in the Auburn "first down" that was 2" short.
So…fun fact. The morning of that game, the misses and I went to Chic fil A in Auburn. There were zebras eating with Auburn fans. As a referee myself, I emailed the SEC Dir of officiating to tell him that wasn’t a good look. He replied promising me it wasn’t the refs as they were already at the stadium and that it was likely THE CHAIN CREW!!!
 
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does nobody remember Dick Pace robbing us of the OLE miss game and at Tuscaloosa for Glenn Young turning up field too early?
Both game changers.
 

Baddog11

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Maybe not the worst but, a game against bama during the Mullen era. We punted and the returner caught it cleanly. The ref decided we were too close and gave a 15 yard penalty. Mullen rightfully lost his **** and got another 15 yards tacked on. I've never been more upset with a ref.

because we remembered this premeditated attempted murder being allowed to be normal.

 

vhdawg

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Maybe not ref related but this was the most traumatic play in MSU football history to me. I had nightmares about it as a kid.

I have said this for 26 years and I still believe it....if MSU doesn't lose that game it doesn't win the next one.
 

tcdog70

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who remembers Wiley Peck dunking an inbounds play for the lead at Rupp. the the Refs waved it off and called Him for an offensive foul, we would have won the game and The SEC. instead we came in second and went nowhere.
 
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2009 Houston: Tyson Lee wasn't past the line of scrimmage.
2017 Alabama: Calvin Ridley ran out of bounds before coming back in to score the winning touchdown.
2021 Memphis: The referee waved his hands on the punt return, which is the same thing as blowing the whistle.

No guarantee that we win any of these games without those bad calls, but I suspect we probably win all 3.
2017 Alabama is the 1st one I thought of.
 

60sdog

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1968 vs LSU in B R. Late in game we are about LSU 10 yard line. First down. We run a play get stopped. The down marker flips from 1st to 3rd. We lose 20-16.
A famous game in Tiger Stadium. Only got three total downs and were forced to kick a short FG, which cost the 4-point difference in the game. I remember listening to that one on the radio.
 
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