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The Sporting Blog:
So the SEC backed itself into a corner after weeks of officiating
outrage by announcing that any coach who suggested the refs in the
league were anything but perfect robotic paragons of justice would get a
fine or a suspension. This was probably a good idea after even Vandy's
Bobby Johnson got
uppity.
Then Urban Meyer, spurred by the firestorm over the Brandon
Spikes eye-gouging extravaganza, had a complaint
or two about chippy play from the Gators, most prominently an
obvious unnecessary roughness call on Tim Tebow after a handoff:
"That should have been a penalty in my opinion," Meyer
said. "Obviously, it should have been. You've got to protect
quarterbacks. That's the whole purpose. It's right in front of the
referee. I'm not sure how they're going to handle that, but ... that was
one of the plays we did send in."
He has now been fined
a cool $30,000. All's well that ends with an obscenely rich person
getting a token fi...
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