Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
After talking with several people around the league Wednesday, I'd look for some type of punishment to be handed down to Florida coach Urban Meyer later this week by SEC commissioner Mike Slive.
We'll wait and see if it's a suspension or a fine, but something's coming. Slive has no choice, not after the league's mandate last week that it was going to start bringing down the hammer on coaches who call out officials publicly.
It was inevitable that somebody was going to test the SEC's new get-tough policy, and less than a week after it was implemented and approved unanimously by the league's athletic directors and presidents, we have our first test case.
To be fair, what Meyer said wasn't all that bad, and he didn't attack the officiating or question the league's integrity. But he did call out the officiating publicly, and if this new policy is going to have any teeth to it, Slive's going to have to make Meyer the first example.
According to SEC officials, the last time a coach in the league was suspended for criticizing officials was former Mississippi State baseball coach Ron Polk in 2006 when he was suspended for one game.
After talking with several people around the league Wednesday, I'd look for some type of punishment to be handed down to Florida coach Urban Meyer later this week by SEC commissioner Mike Slive.
We'll wait and see if it's a suspension or a fine, but something's coming. Slive has no choice, not after the league's mandate last week that it was going to start bringing down the hammer on coaches who call out officials publicly.
It was inevitable that somebody was going to test the SEC's new get-tough policy, and less than a week after it was implemented and approved unanimously by the league's athletic directors and presidents, we have our first test case.
To be fair, what Meyer said wasn't all that bad, and he didn't attack the officiating or question the league's integrity. But he did call out the officiating publicly, and if this new policy is going to have any teeth to it, Slive's going to have to make Meyer the first example.
According to SEC officials, the last time a coach in the league was suspended for criticizing officials was former Mississippi State baseball coach Ron Polk in 2006 when he was suspended for one 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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