Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
For the third straight Monday, the residue from some questionable calls by officials in games is lingering around the SEC.
If you’re not a Florida fan (and even if you are a Florida fan), you can’t feel good about the two 15-yard penalties called against Arkansas on the Gators’ game-tying drive in the fourth quarter.
The pass interference call on Arkansas cornerback Ramon Broadway was bad enough, but the personal foul penalty on defensive tackle Malcolm Sheppard was completely bogus. That’s one of those calls that drives coaches crazy.
Let the players on the field decide the game.
It’s the fourth quarter and one team’s driving. The official in that situation simply has to show some discretion there.
For what it’s worth, the crew that worked the Arkansas-Florida game was the same crew that worked the Georgia-LSU game when all the controversy flared up about the excessive celebration penalty on A.J. Green. Afterward, Rogers Redding, the SEC’s coordinator of officials, came out and said there was nothing on the tape that he saw that warranted a penalty being called on Green.
There was also the blunder with the fourth-down play not being reviewed last week in the Mississippi State-Houston game, but those weren't SEC officials working that game.
For the third straight Monday, the residue from some questionable calls by officials in games is lingering around the SEC.
If you’re not a Florida fan (and even if you are a Florida fan), you can’t feel good about the two 15-yard penalties called against Arkansas on the Gators’ game-tying drive in the fourth quarter.
The pass interference call on Arkansas cornerback Ramon Broadway was bad enough, but the personal foul penalty on defensive tackle Malcolm Sheppard was completely bogus. That’s one of those calls that drives coaches crazy.
Let the players on the field decide the game.
It’s the fourth quarter and one team’s driving. The official in that situation simply has to show some discretion there.
For what it’s worth, the crew that worked the Arkansas-Florida game was the same crew that worked the Georgia-LSU game when all the controversy flared up about the excessive celebration penalty on A.J. Green. Afterward, Rogers Redding, the SEC’s coordinator of officials, came out and said there was nothing on the tape that he saw that warranted a penalty being called on Green.
There was also the blunder with the fourth-down play not being reviewed last week in the Mississippi State-Houston game, but those weren't SEC officials working that game.
SEC SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 12/17
Final Temple 37 Wyoming 15 Final Ohio 24 Utah State 23 Final San Diego State 30 Louisiana-Lafayette 32
Tuesday, 12/20
Wednesday, 12/21
Final 18 TCU 31 Louisiana Tech 24
Thursday, 12/22
Saturday, 12/24
Final Nevada 17 21 Southern Miss 24
Monday, 12/26
Tuesday, 12/27
Final Western Michigan 32 Purdue 37 Final Louisville 24 North Carolina State 31
Wednesday, 12/28
Final Toledo 42 Air Force 41 Final California 10 24 Texas 21
Thursday, 12/29
Final Florida State 18 Notre Dame 14 Final Washington 56 12 Baylor 67
Friday, 12/30
Final Brigham Young 24 Tulsa 21 Final Rutgers 27 Iowa State 13 Final Mississippi State 23 Wake Forest 17 Final Iowa 14 14 Oklahoma 31
Saturday, 12/31
Final Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 Final/OT Georgia Tech 27 Utah 30 Final Illinois 20 UCLA 14 Final Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 Final Virginia 24 25 Auburn 43
Monday, 1/2
Final 19 Houston 30 22 Penn State 14 Final Ohio State 17 Florida 24 Final/3OT 17 Michigan State 33 16 Georgia 30 Final 20 Nebraska 13 9 South Carolina 30 Final 10 Wisconsin 38 5 Oregon 45 Final/OT 4 Stanford 38 3 Oklahoma State 41
Tuesday, 1/3
Final/OT 13 Michigan 23 11 Virginia Tech 20
Wednesday, 1/4
Final 23 West Virginia 70 15 Clemson 33
Friday, 1/6
Final 8 Kansas State 16 6 Arkansas 29


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