SEC officiating? Will it ever be correct?

I really do not know what to say anymore. I never thought that the SEC officiating crews could be in bed with Florida and Alabama but it seems more and more like that. Lane Kiffin and Dan Mullen were both reprimanded by the SEC today for speaking out against the SEC officials. Both of them had very good arguments.

In the Mississippi State vs Florida game, Florida intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. This TD sealed the game for Florida, however when you look at the replay Dustin Doe, of Florida, was stripped of the ball right before he scored. If this had been overturned the touchdown would have been negated and Mississippi State would have had the ball at the 20. Mullen spoke out about this after the game and stated that the replay official should be suspended. The SEC did not see it the same way and reprimanded Mullen instead.

Next, in the Tennessee vs Alabama game, after Alabama blocked a field goal by Tennessee Terrence Cody of Alabama took off his helmet and threw it in the air. The game had not yet ended. This should have been a personal foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. Lane Kiffin spoke out about this and was reprimanded by the SEC also. When Kiffin was asked Sunday about him maybe being fined by the SEC Kiffin replied with "I'm sure we'll get one of those letters that means nothing, that Bobby Petrino got last week, but Florida and Alabama live on".

This is now two weeks in a row that Florida has had to been bailed out by the SEC officials. Lets not forget that LSU had help from the officials when they were a top 5 team. I am really starting to wonder now, do the SEC officials just really want a SEC team in the BCS National Championship? Do they want Alabama and Florida to meet in the SEC Championship game? Are they placing bets on the game and making sure that their teams win? Are they just that bad at there job?

I am not sure which one it is if any. I do know one thing though SEC commissioner Mike Slive has his hands full. It is not just the fans anymore that are in an up roar about the SEC officiating now he has SEC coaches becoming very outspoken about how bad the officiating has been. I hope that Slive knows that even the media is all over this now. He better do something or the NCAA is going to start an investigation if they have not already.