SEC suspends Florida-Arkansas officiating crew

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The Southeastern Conference has suspended officials from last weekend's Arkansas-Florida game after the crew was involved in its second controversial call of the year.


Referee Marc Curles' crew called a personal foul on Arkansas defensive lineman Malcolm Sheppard in the fourth quarter as the Gators were rallying for a 23-20 victory. The league said there was no video evidence to support the call.


The same group of officials called the LSU-Georgia game earlier this month, which included a late unsportsmanlike conduct penalty the league said shouldn't have been called.

"A series of calls that have occurred during the last several weeks have not been to the standard that we expect from our officiating crews," SEC commissioner Mike Slive said Wednesday. "I believe our officiating program is the best in the country. However, there are times when these actions must be taken."

SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom said this is the first time the league has publicly suspended a football crew like this.

The SEC says the crew will be removed from its next scheduled assignment Oct. 31 and will not be assigned to officiate as a crew until Nov. 14.
The league said the crew's bowl assignments could also be impacted.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/10253738/SEC-suspends-Florida-Arkansas-officiating-crew

 

[Dolfan3773]

Exactly....they should of just dressed them in Gator jerseys.

 

[Kdawg954]

Seriously, the officiating was HORRIBLE and truly in favor of the Gators in that fourth quarter. Guess it was more obvious than I thought.

 

[BARF]

i wonder if this was the same crew from ohio state/canes game from 2001 or 02 when the canes got screwed

 

[JCane]

 

[BobDole]

hard to argue with that. those 2 calls at the end were terrible.

 

[JPPT1974]

They seem like in a way, they wanted the Gators to stay on top #1. Really they gave the Gators the win. And left Arkansas out to dry.