Officiating update.....possibly

[thatsbaseball]

Based on a rumor that I heard last week that Jeff Batts (phantom push in the back official at Bama) was suspended for the remainder this season and put on probation for next season, I checked the box scores of each SEC school from yesterday and couldn't find his name ( hopefully didn't miss it). Most of you guys are sharper than me a checking something like this out but hopefully the SEC finally did something tangible about officiating Bama games.

Edited to add: Rob Skelton worked the Auburn game

 

[shotgunDawg]

That's good to hear about Batts.

As for Skelton, he didn't make a bad call last week. He made a bad call last year. It isn't his fault that the SEC allows him to ref Bama games even when his dad played there.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

That's dynamite, but until these corrupt bastards fix this good ol boy ******** it's gonna keep happening

 

[thatsbaseball]

Understood.

 

[coach66]

Deep told me last week he had been

Suspended but I didn’t see any announcement.

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

That's good to hear about Batts.

As for Skelton, he didn't make a bad call last week. He made a bad call last year. It isn't his fault that the SEC allows him to ref Bama games even when his dad played there.

Actually he made the correct call last year but when it turned into a big play for Alabama he went, never mind....

 

[thatsbaseball]

Same here but I was later told the league would not be making one...

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

My former Sunday School teacher was a high school referee

He told me that the SEC recruits former SEC players to become referees. It's rare for the SEC to pick a ref who didn't play at an SEC school.

I remember Tennessee got jobbed one game by referee Al Matthews- was called Alama Matthews, TE from Vanderbilt.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Indeed. It was Batts, listed as the field judge (https://hailstate.com/boxscore.aspx?id=7004&path=football). You can even see it in this picture.
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[JoMo MoJo]

That's good to hear about Batts.

As for Skelton, he didn't make a bad call last week. He made a bad call last year. It isn't his fault that the SEC allows him to ref Bama games even when his dad played there.

17 that. It is responsibility to not be biased. They both deserve to never call a game again

 

[maroonmania]

That's good to hear about Batts.

As for Skelton, he didn't make a bad call last week. He made a bad call last year. It isn't his fault that the SEC allows him to ref Bama games even when his dad played there.

No, but Skelton SHOULD have been suspended after the purposeful "non-call" last year on the Ridley out of bounds play after he saw the result of the play. The only reason he wasn't was because that play wasn't really talked about on the broadcast and wasn't focused on. BUT the SEC office knew EXACTLY what happened and didn't do crap about it. Wouldn't have done anything about Batts this year either if they could have somehow kept that one on the down low.

 

[maroonmania]

Actually he made the correct call last year but when it turned into a big play for Alabama he went, never mind....

YEP, and that's how you KNOW its bias and not incompetence.

 

[TheBigEDawg]

It's a shame these refs were penalized for doing as they were instructed.

 

[operch]

That is the college position for officials. Which one called the push in the back? Wasn't it S the side judge?
Officials' Responsibilities & Positions | NFL Football Operations

See picture with this link for NFL
Would it not have been the SJ who made the call?

The furthest official on defensive end on the left of the offense? Both college and NFL.

Would that not have been Skelton?

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Steve Freeman was an SEC ref, a great player for us, great NFL player, son played Baseball for us in late 90's, and I think is still an NFL ref.

I worked at a camp for diabetic kids near Oxford in the 90's and he would always come out with horses for the kids. You've never seen so many nurses suddenly feel the need to go out to the pasture and try and ride a horse.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Well it's essentially only a 1 or 2 game suspension so hold your sympathy

 

[Dawg1976]

I imagine someone in the sec office will give him a money handshake and wink for the last game or two he misses.