Rapid Reaction: Auburn holds on for late victory after another controversial call by SEC officials
The Auburn-Ole Miss game featured a pair of teams desperate for victories. And, naturally, it turned out to be a close contest. The 2 teams were tied 14-14 at halftime and continued to go back-and-forth in the second half.
In the second half, Auburn took a 27-21 lead against the Rebels on an incredible run by RB Tank Bigsby, but missed the extra point. Ole Miss scored on the next possession to take a 28-27 lead.
That’s when chaos arrived in Oxford. Once again, the Tigers seemed to be the beneficiaries of a blown call by the referees, as a tipped kickoff wasn’t ruled a fumble, costing Ole Miss a potential touchdown:
Head referee Marc Curles said the Auburn returner didn’t touch the ball.
It’s close. pic.twitter.com/eLEmo3uoOq
— Brad Logan (@BradLoganCOTE) October 24, 2020
Once again, Auburn had the ball late with a chance to drive down the field and win. And, this time, QB Bo Nix made the big play, finding star WR Seth Williams on a back-shoulder throw.
Williams did the rest, dodging the Ole Miss defenders and sprinting to the end zone for the long touchdown:
https://twitter.com/SidelineCFB/status/1320078612280860672
Nix also found Williams in the end zone for a crucial 2-point conversion, making the score 35-28.
Ole Miss unleashed a furious attempt to drive down the field and score to send the game to overtime, but ran out of time deep in Auburn territory, coming up short in the 35-28 loss.
A costly drop by TE Kenny Yeboah and then a last-second desperation heave by QB Matt Corral when he was past the line-of-scrimmage were the last 2 plays in the loss for Ole Miss.
Much like Arkansas earlier this season, Ole Miss fans will leave this game feeling like they were potentially robbed of a win by SEC officials. Auburn is 3-2, but could very easily be 1-4 if not for some controversial calls by referees.
WHAT THE HECK! Not a controversial call. The real deal reviewed that play. They said no fumble. SDS, shut up. Please.
It was a live ball, and should have been 6 for Ole Miss. Watch Shivers’ fingers on the replay. They bent back and recoiled. That game probably should’ve been decided in OT. The officiating needs to be thoroughly overhauled.
I don’t know, the first angle the showed looked like he never touched it.
He definitely touched it
The second angle clearly shower his fingers move. The refs are try to save the gus bus.
No need for overtime if the refs didn’t make a bad call against Auburn on the TD return.
The refs let OM get away with all sorts of stuff that game.
Quit begging Dide.
Y’all should be 1-4 right now.
When is the SEC going to investigate this crap. Its starting to smell really bad. Ridiculous.
Leave it to a Tenn. fan….lol You guys suck and get no satisfaction except to rag on someone else
Nothing says auburn would have lost the game regardless if it was reviewed and overturned. I agree a poor decision not to but remember ole miss still doesn’t have a defense
Quit begging Dude.
Y’all should be 1-4 right now.
Maybe. But since you are here, 2 questions for you:
1. How do you justify firing an assistant coach mid game last week after your HC costs you $100K for not wearing his mask plus the fact the assistant’s buyout is just south of a million bucks??
2. Your starting QB had a reasonably decent game all considered. Do you stick with him?
Inquiring minds want to know.
1) They shouldn’t have fired him and DEFINITELY not during the game
2) Guarantano should never have seen the field this season; he’s no better than he was three years ago and we need to move forward
He definitely touched the ball, that should have been 6 for Ole Miss.
His finger pretty clearly touched the ball. Should have been an Ole Miss TD.
Watch the ball, not his hand. The flight of the ball changed. Something influenced that ball. Maybe it was just a gust of wind
Since when is a blown call spelled controversial.
That’s 3 games Auburn has massive calls go in their favor. Shame on the conference for not admitting their mistakes.
Ole Miss had massive calls go their favor, as well. This was reviewed by the booth, and they made the right call in my opinion. It’s tough, but it literally happens in most football games. It happened for both teams this game.
He touched it, there’s no “opinion” about it.
Anyhoo, I hope Gus stays at Auburn forever.
LOL you obviously failed the “fact vs. opinion” tests in school.
This was reviewed by the booth, and they made the right call in my totally unbiased, never influenced by my orange-and-blue t-shirt wearing opinion. There. Fixed it for you.
Look. I cheer for Auburn when they aren’t playing Bama but the Arky call was a blown call and the slow-motion review clearly showed the little finger bending backwards when touching the ball. Auburn has the win. It’s in the books. You can come clean, admit it, and not have to worry about going to jail.
Your opinion sucks. SEC officiating crews must be investigated. This is out of control.
Actually, that would only be 2 games. The call in the Kentucky game wouldn’t qualify because Kentucky lost in the second half by 16 when they had EVERY chance to show up in the second half but decided not to. A call that took 7 away from Kentucky in a loss by 16 is hardly a massive call that took the game away
If you try to claim that the call changed the momentum of the game that Kentucky couldn’t recover from, then Kentucky didn’t deserve to win. That simple.
One more thing, because I feel like it lol.
48 points… lmao
You lost by 21 points to UGA…. Not sure you really want to do the common opponent thing…
What a misleading article. It was a close game from both teams, and there were controversial calls made both ways. How about the holding call on the kickoff return by Auburn? It was a bad call that took a touchdown off the board and potentially changed the game for Ole Miss.
Was it a fumble? Maybe, but the booth decided there was inconclusive evidence. Seemed like the right call to me. The real reason Ole Miss lost is because Auburn stepped up at the end and they didn’t. It’s that simple. No magic. By the way, even if Ole Miss had gotten that TD and gone up to 35, Auburn could still have tied the game. This isn’t like the Arkansas situation at all. I empathize with Ole Miss fans, but this was just a good, hard-fought football game. War Eagle.
“Seemed like the right call to me”….are you serious??? It was obvious.
After re-watching, I do see the pinky finger moving back. With that being said, this shouldn’t be the main takeaway from the game. Ole Miss fell apart at the end. Auburn stepped up. Don’t forget that Auburn had an obvious TD called back on them as well.
There is a difference and a holding call and refs and replay officials ignoring the rules of the game….again
Missed calls are missed calls. No one is greater than the other.
No difference. A bad call is a bad call. No evidence they ignored the rules of the game.
They showed that holding call replay one time from one angle. We didn’t get a chance to see what the ref saw. Not enough evidence to call it a bad call.
It certainly looked like a bad call from all the angles we saw. More angles aren’t needed if the right angle is used the first time, which seemed to be the case.
You’re delusional…not all blown calls are the same. It was obvious and everyone watching the replay(which could have been overturned unlike holding) knew it. You got lucky. It’s ok. Admit it.
Doesn’t matter if the holding call could be overturned or not. It was still a bad call. That shouldn’t be hard to understand. You’re obviously still sore that Arkansas lost, and I get it, but move on.
No obviously you don’t understand…I get that bad calls happen. If it’s a judgement call I get it, but when replay officials have a chance to change an obvious bad call and make it right but do nothing….That goes above and beyond. Especially late in the game like that. You are talking about a non reviewable call that happened at the first play of the half. As far as still being mad we lost..I guess. It’s irrelevant to this discussion and you trying to justify this call.
The replay booth said they did look at it so..
Also bad calls are bad calls regardless if they’re reviewable or not. The ones that aren’t reviewable are sometimes worse.. like holding.
They didn’t make it right because they made a bad call. It doesn’t matter if the bad call were made once or twice. They showed a lack of judgement that resulted in the same level of bad luck for both teams. Just because the review showed the same as the call on the field doesn’t mean they “ignored the rules of the game” as you stated. There’s no evidence for that. Effectively, there’s no difference in either of the missed calls. That’s just reality, take it or leave it.
I didn’t try to justify the call. I changed my stance after watching the replay. I don’t want to be rude, but are you reading what I am saying? I’m saying the call isn’t the big picture takeaway from the game and that there’s no evidence the refs are just siding with Auburn.
Perhaps it’s irrelevant. Perhaps it’s coloring your perception a bit. You are making claims without evidence, after all.
You’re right…some calls are worse than others. That’s all I’m saying. As far as the replay booth..you saw the replay what did you see? Probably the same thing everyone else did.
Oh he definitely touched it. I’m not denying that. My response about the replay booth was you said they did nothing but they did look at it.
The fact that they did nothing is the main point and why it’s worse..because they saw the finger move like everyone else did and did nothing, and hence ignored the rules. That’s why it’s worse than a holding call. I’m not going to give the booth credit for just watching the blown call like that is enough
Alright.. let’s use your “do nothing” logic.
Everyone else saw the holding on Ole Miss on that 3rd and did nothing. Everyone else saw that the holding on the KO TD wasn’t holding and they did nothing to change it.
Like I said bad calls happen and it’s part of the game.
So if you saw the bad play and could change would you? Because that could have actually happened here. Why didn’t it? That’s why it’s worse.
Yes.. I already said he touched it. I don’t know why they didn’t overturn it but they said they did review it.
Also plays like that you get the benefit of review. This time it didn’t help. Holding calls or non holding calls are non reviewable. Once you make it or miss it it’s over. No going back and no review. That’s why I said sometimes non reviewable plays are worse.
I’m an idiot and left my comment in the wrong thread. lol Here’s the problem, though. There’s no way the call is worse in terms of it turning the tide in the game (both calls are equally bad in that respect). You may have a case that the call was worse on the part of the refs simply in terms of bias, but even then that’s assuming that the review wasn’t determined by sheer incompetence or some other factor, which no one can say. At the end of the day, no one call decided the outcome of the game. The play on the field did.
Being up 7 with a half left and being up 8 with 6 minutes left is different. I will give you the fact that there was still time for Ole Miss to do something to win the game. Yet, where I don’t agree is that because there was a holding call missed it cancels out a more obvious error by the officials and replay both. Auburn benefited more from that than Ole Miss did on the holding call in my opinion.
I disagree. Auburn would have had all momentum running the KO back to begin the second half. Also the holding on the 3rd down would have made it 3rd and 15 with them down 6 and 6ish min left. The missed call on auburn touch fumble was with 5ish minutes left. Ole miss had a chance to extend their lead but went three and out. They had their chance to stop auburn and didn’t. They then had a second chance to win the game and didn’t. Bad calls happen. It’s part of them game.
The problem is that Ole Miss wouldn’t have been up by 8 if the TD weren’t overturned. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on the call. At the end of the day, both teams got the short end of the stick at times, and there’s no way to prove the refs were trying to influence the game on either call. Bad calls just happen sometimes. It stinks, but they do. I don’t even get the contention behind the outrage. What do the refs have to gain by propping up Auburn at this point? lol Maybe if we were undefeated and looked like a complete team… but we’re a long way from that.
What do you mean that wouldn’t have put them up 8? It was 28-27 Ole Miss was kicking off. TD plus extra point puts them up 8. I never said that there was a conspiracy theory for Auburn. Just one team benefited more today from an obvious blown call.
I mean if the call on the TD return had actually been ruled a TD as it was (and not a bad call in favor of Ole Miss), even if Ole Miss scored, they wouldn’t go up by 8.
So you are adding points to your score when the kickoff touch happened….wow
I actually watched this holding call that you said “was missed” and it wasn’t even that bad. The fact you are comparing it to the kickoff touch is laughable.
The fact that you think the missed touch call changed the game and the KO “holding” didn’t is laughable. Both were on TD plays and both were missed calls. Both teams had chances after to make plays and win the game. Auburn did and Ole Miss didn’t.
Fair is fair and that call was not, all this does is keep your head coach away from the hot seat.
Lol no it doesn’t.
He’s still on the hot seat. A win against OM doesn’t cool it off.
Perhaps the refs are just incompetent. It doesn’t mean they are ignoring the rules of football. Maybe they reviewed it too quickly. You can’t make that judgement. The only thing that matters is that the effects of the bad calls were the same. No team got hosed in this one.
I can make the judgment…it’s an opinion I have. You can disagree though.
You can’t make that judgement isn’t a literal statement. It’s saying you can’t do so with ultimate certainty or evidence. I’m sure you knew that, so I don’t know why you’re trying to split hairs. lol
Yeah, I can make a judgement based on an opinion…happens all the times. Actually all opinions are judgements, otherwise they would be facts. Pretty simple.
SEC office has got to quit covering up these officiating screwups. They are looking like morons.
A win is a win. Ole miss had chances after and Auburn went 3 and out after the non call. I’ll take it.
Right… because fingers just randomly react to air molecules and then the returner naturally runs toward the ball that he didn’t touch. Blown call…blown review. Auburn is the luckiest team in college football. Congrats.
Yeah that pinky gave it away, otherwise why chase the ball into the end zone and not let it be a touchback?
The TD return call against Auburn was just as egregious, but I don’t see you complaining about that one. A lot of game was left to be played at the time of this call. It’s like you’re forgetting that Auburn would have gotten the ball back. lol Ole Miss didn’t play well at the end. That’s why the team fell to 1-4. Not luck.
I thought your CEO coach was gonna control the clock with his magic hat that tells him what to do. That’s what really lost the game. Auburn can be lucky for this call, and old piss can be lucky for that holding call. In the end the stats point towards auburn. In typical Gus fashion after a bad loss
OM got away with 3 OBVIOUS false starts, a blatant holding, and a PI against Seth Williams.
**Sam Pittman has joined the chat**
*first words*
“yesssir”
I think Auburn must travel with the same officials every week. This is getting ridiculous…. Yeah we lost our defense couldnt stop a 8th grade team but geez.
The officials made bad calls against Auburn as well.
We’re not saying they didn’t, but the only questionable call that cost auburn points was the holding on the kickoff. Was it a hold? It was closer, but it’s been said that you can call holding on every play. Did the ball touch the finger? To any viewer watching the replay without orange and blue glasses on, clearly.
I haven’t seen anyone who thought it was actually holding. That would have given Auburn 7 more to compete with the TD that was called back by Ole Miss. Bad calls on both ends, but only one side is publicized. It’s just vogue to criticize Auburn.
Did ole miss hold on their 3rd down play that set their go ahead td? Yep. Ole miss had their chances and couldn’t capatilize.
Auburn’s bs call was publicized because of what happened against Arkansas. They have had two bs game changing calls that has went Auburn’s way. It’s happened twice in 3 weeks. It’s like they are trying to give Auburn wins and it’s a hot topic. Auburn should be 1-4. The only good thing is Auburn might keep Gus because of it .
I hope they keep Gus…gives everyone else a better chance when teams like the Hawgs and Rebs get on track. We will get better both teams have better coaches ,Gus will keep Auburn at mid level in the west.
BS.
The reason that was such a bad call is because with that TD Ole Miss is driving to get in FG range with 1 minute left vs driving to try and force overtime with a TD of their own. The SEC has to have the worst officials in any major conference. They should clean house and hire the nearest pop warner crew.
That’s true, but don’t forget the bad call against Auburn on the TD return. These things happen in games, and it’s unfortunate, but there’s really nothing any of us can do about it.
I’ve never seen a team be on the positive side of a bad call as much as Auburn. That’s two of their three wins gifted to them by bad officiating.
Explain how it was “gifted” when there were equally bad calls on both sides and there was plenty of time left on the clock.
It took away a touchdown from Ole Miss. Gifted.
There was a bad call against Auburn that took a TD away. And there was still time left on the clock afterwards for the game to go in a different direction. That’s not exactly what I would call “gifted.”
The refs gifted OM plenty of second chances (obvious false starts not called) 1 of which ended in a TD.
Gus needs the gifts right now. Please let them keep him!!! I hope they win out so he will stay there.
Even if Auburn does keep Gus he will still beat OM regularly. So you hoping they keep him makes zero sense.
Let everybody complain. This is a crazy year, and I’ll take whatever we can get. I know if the same calls went for the other team those teams fans wouldn’t care, so I’m not either.
Lol. It keeps Gus employed at Auburn, so there’s that.
The buyout keeps Gus employed.
The buyout is keeping Gus employed, not wins against Ole Miss… not that that makes things any better. lol
Here is where it truly matters. “Ole Piss” as you pricks like to say is in a major rebuilding year, coming off an NCAA colonoscopy, new coaching staff, majorly devoid of talent, especially on the defensive side. However, good ole Gus has been there a while, you have had some good recruiting for years and you almost get beat by “Ole Piss”. Well, I would say the Auburn Tiger-Eagles have bigger problems. With that being said…go put 48 points on the Crimson Douche Bags in the Iron Bowl and win the West, please!
I think winning the west is out of the equation lol
How is it out of the equation? Auburn hasn’t lost to a West opponent yet.
It’s highly unlikely, but still a possibility.
We have 2 SEC losses. That means bama has to have at least one and we have to beat them and win out. You think that happens?
Why do you think I said highly unlikely? I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Stranger things have already happened this season.
You’re the same poster who wants Bo hurt so GFY please.
It’s ok I get it, you just don’t understand how football actually works and when you’re corrected, you have no meaningful response so you respond like a 13year old boy attempting to troll. Nothing new with you.
And of course, like an uncomprehending child you take my comments out of context. I don’t want to see Bo hurt, but if that’s what it would have taken to get Chad and Gus to open up from run game like we ALL wanted, I wouldn’t have been devastated. Thankfully, it didn’t come to that.
Oh trust me I know how football works. You bashing wishing injury is all I need to know from you. You go from saying he needs to get hurt or something for auburn to have a chance to Auburn is still in it for the west. Comical. Again, GFY.
This is your comment: “I never thought I would find myself quietly hoping that Nix gets hurt.” That’s not taken it out of context. Don’t back down from them now.
I gotta say I agree with AUtrueTigers on this one. Even the 2 losses don’t discount the possibly of Auburn winning out and going to the SECCG and perhaps the CFP. I doubt it could happen but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t. Would be just like the 2017 season where Bama only lost to us and we lost to Clem and LSU then won out and replayed UGA in the CG.
And I think that could be the Irony of ages if it did actually happen and say Auburn beats UGA in a rematch in Atlanta this time but Bama at 9-1 still goes to the CFP. Would be the 2017 season in reverse sorta.
Y’all honestly think bama is losing a game before AU?
Bama doesn’t have to lose a game before AU dude. They just have to beat Bama
It’s the whole conference record not just west opponents. AU has 2 losses and Bama has 0. Bama would need to lose one plus Auburn and Auburn would need to win out.
The 2017 season completely trumps your argument. Bama was 11-1 with the only loss coming from Auburn. Auburn lost to Clem and LSU. When Bama beat LSU and Auburn beat Bama, that seeded Auburn above Bama in the West. Top seed from East plays top seed from West. If Auburn doesn’t lose a West division game, they’re seeded first in the West and will play in the SECCG, regardless of losses to the East.
Again, will this happen? Probably not but it could happen. That’s the point you seem to be missing that we’re both trying to get thru to you.
In 2017 Auburn had one loss heading into the iron bowl and Bama had none. Auburn won the game so they won the west due to head to head tiebreaker.
This year auburn already has two losses and Bama has zero. In order for AU to win the west, Bama will need to lose one game plus auburn and auburn needs to win out. It takes all of the conference games into account, not just divisional opponents.
Wde12 is correct.. It’s the entire conference schedule not just divisional opponents…. If the teams have the same number of conference losses then the head to head determines who goes to the SECCG..
Auburn needs Bama to lose a game to someone else in order to have a chance. Auburn doesn’t control its own destiny currently.
Arkansas has a new coaching staff and just got off a 20 SEC game losing streak and we really beat Auburn lol. It’s pathetic that the Refs had to help keep them from being 1-4. Most Auburn’s fans agree and then you got the few like Aubforlife living in denial.
No, you didn’t beat Auburn, and you can blame Pittman for chasing points with failed 2-point conversions all day.
Thanks for the shoutout. I don’t agree that the refs gave Auburn the Ole Miss game. I don’t think anyone with critical thinking ability would.
What’s really pathetic is that Arkansas fans refuse to move on from a bad game. Arkansas definitely got hosed in that game, but it is what it is at this point. Congratulations on not getting blown out for the fifth straight year by Auburn and getting out of the SEC cellar. Maybe one day, Arkansas will find some consistent success and get back to being average long-term in the SEC. In the meantime, accept the fact that your former head coach isn’t tanking like you wanted him to at Auburn.
Let’s see, calling people “pricks” and others “Crimson Douche Bags” is supposed to make your program look classy? I think the “Ole Piss” thing started after one of your classless idiots acted like he was “pissing” in the end zone. Otherwise what are you supposed to be called? Let’s see, the black bears, the loan sharks or the rebels? The ref definitely missed that call and everyone knows that. No reason for the reviewing of plays if the evidence is going to be ignored.
olemissfightdoc….please see my comment about your nickname I made earlier
I think the SEC feels sorry for Auburn. Like, “Poor Auburn, they’re so bad, let’s give them the benefit of the doubt”.
Look who is talking. LSU ain’t that great either.
We can all complain…poor “my team”. At least we are sitting around, drinking beer/whiskey and enjoying/cussing at our screens. Can’t we all just get along… SEC…SEC…SEC!
Yeah, definitely a down year for LSU, but at least LSU will always be above Auburn in the pecking order.
Delusional if you think that lol
LSU has definitely been the second best team in the west the past 10 yrs+
It’s not delusional. In all-time wins, all-time win pct., SEC titles, national titles, and head-to-head, LSU tops Auburn. Auburn’s got some catching up to do.
Dumb joke and an even more awful take. lol
Pretty sure Vanderbilt would strenuously object to this conspiracy theory.
All-barn sure is gettin’ the sugar from the refs this season
Look at the end of the day the refs blew a call on Tanks return anyways. It works out even as I think Shivers did touch the ball. But this is just a trash click bait article.
And to the bammers on here…don’t you have anything better to do. I’ve never understood it. It’s kind of pathetic. Get a life
Lol, NeverSaban is your screen name and you want bammers to “get a life” Now that’s funny@!
Thank goodness the SEC front office is trying so hard to save Gus’ job. I don’t know what I’d do without Gus.
Win at Jordan Hare? That is if you’ve learned to count to 12.
I can handle the occasional loss, especially when it gets him an extension.
It sucks, but bad calls happen. I would much rather be on the beneficiary end of the call as opposed to the guy that got ripped
It feels good to be honest. We’ve had our share of non calls/blown calls so I’ll take them when I can.
It’s another win. But again I can’t say it makes me feel better about our team.
The only negative I can take away from this game was the defensive performance giving up as much as it did. Granted they came through when they needed to but this doesn’t look like the typical Kevin Steele defense.
Offensively, Auburn stepped up the run game and Nix looked a lot better. He still made mistakes but looked better as a whole.
It was bend-don’t-break, which is about what I expected against this team with our defense this year. This is a team that’s scored on everyone (except Arkansas, wildly enough), so I’m not too worried yet.
Oh I agree, I knew they would put up one heck of a fight. I’m just saying as far as Kevin Steele defenses go, you expect the defense to be more dominate, especially in the 2nd half. We’re just seeing as much of the this year.
Comes down to clock management with two questionable call/non calls.
BACK ON THE GUS BUS EVERYONE
LOL
One again delusional Auburn fans thinking the call was fine
Kinda like the targeting call that was called back in Tennessee’s favor in the opening drive of the Bama game? It was OBVIOUS targeting that y’all got away with but I’m sure you think the review was fine just like the Vols still believe you’re in a rivalry with Bama. There is no rivalry between Bama and Tennessee, you’re just fed to Bama to give them protein. And so far, looks like Bama is getting all the protein they need.
Hated to hear about Waddle tho.
That was obvious targeting. Also “If you don’t think these rivalry games matter, try losing one” -Gene Stallings
UT been outscored 82-24 at home in the last 2 weeks. You fired an assistant mid game last week. Your current starting QB has more ups and downs than a roller coaster.
And we are delusional???
I never said Guaranturnover was good, nor did I say we were better than Auburn
Haven’t seen many people say the call was fine. I think most Auburn fans are just smart enough to realize it shouldn’t be the key talking point of the game.
Especially when you factor in the Ole Miss had 3 turnovers to Auburns 0 in a statistically matched game. Auburn won the turnover battle, plain and simple.
Ok so ill give them the score and give AU the 100 yard return on the bogus hold call.
If you’re an Ole Miss fan blame it on your poor defense. You had the lead and couldn’t put it away.
Surprisingly, I haven’t seen many Ole Miss fans on here commenting. Probably because they know a TD was stolen from both teams so kinda petty to complain about just 1 while ignoring the others. A concept that obviously eludes the garbage that passes for sports writers here on SDS but what else is new.
IMO, the ONLY team that has the right to complain is Arkansas. So I’ll take this win as the LEGITIMATE win it is. WDE!
I’m sorry…are you talking to me? Please don’t take things so seriously. Not sure what you are referencing…if you are looking at my username…I was a flight surgeon I the United States Navy…would you like to poke fun at that…
Heres the biggest issue to my Auburn fans. Holding gets missed all the time and I’m sure Auburn held a few times and didn’t get called either. But offsides, holding, ect aren’t reviewable plays where you can change the intial decision made. The fumble was a call that’s was clear and able to change due to the review. It’s ok to admit that you should have won two games that you shouldn’t have. My question to Auburn fans is this do you want Gus to stay longer because that’s all these calls do. You definitely aren’t winning anything of significance this year
That you won two games you shouldn’t have*
No
No what?
Uh.. you asked a yes or no question bud. What do you mean “no what”?
Sorry to cut in, but that was funny.
Soon to follow…”what was funny”
How can you say in the same breath that there was holding that cost Auburn a touchdown and also that Auburn shouldn’t have won the game? Call me silly, but that just doesn’t compute. The refs make bad judgements all the time, even on reviews. We’ve all seen it before, but both teams got some bad breaks this game. What really mattered in the end was Auburn played better at the end than Ole Miss did.
It’s moot on whether we want Gus to stay after this year or not. The buyout practically guarantees the 2021 season. We’ll just have to wait and see how things go.
The flaw in your theory that Auburn should’ve lost this game is that Ole Miss and 3 turnovers while Auburn had 0. After the bad call, Ole Miss had the chance to stop a scoring drive and failed. Then had the chance to tie the game and failed with there 3rd turnover of the night.
Seems to me that if you turn the ball over 3 times in a statistically matched game, that has more of an impact than a bad call with enough time on the clock to recover from it.
One more impressive win like this one and Gus will get another extension. Lol
That wasn’t impressive lol
I hope they keep him…
Gus is like, what, 7-1 versus Ole Miss as a head coach?
Unbelievable, makes me glad we don’t play them this year. Auburn Tigerefs.
Seeing as Missouri hasn’t beat Auburn since joining the conference, you should be glad.
That doesn’t mean anything. It had been years since Arkansas beat Auburn until they did it a few weeks ago.
Auburn is straight trash . Last 2 wins shouldn’t have been wins bur refs feel sorry for them .
Welcome to the Kiffen circus. Maybe Ole Miss will get Archie Manning the 10th in a few years and they’ll win some games.
Some Barners here are big mad because they know the truth of the matter and just don’t want to admit it.
Hilarious. The Gus Bus will NEVER END! Hahahahahahahaha!
That’s an awful a take as you’ve ever given, which is saying something. If you think this win influenced Gus’s tenure at Auburn in any way, you’re delusional.
After a second, perhaps game-changing call, one thing has come into focus; Gus has done an excellent job of coaching his team to plead to the referees whenever there’s a questionable call. First Bo, and now Shaun Shivers.
Auburn gets more bailed out more than a Detroit Automaker. Gimme a break, that was a Touchdown for MS. Auburn must have somebody in their pocket in Birmingham.
“Hey, who’s your favorite team? “Not sure, who is Auburn playing this week”.
Auburn drops to 1-4
Between paying Gus and paying the refs, this is an expensive season for Auburn.
No dog in this hunt, but some of the comments by AU homers are either delusional or just stupid, no offense to fans with brains. I missed the kentucky game, but the calls in the arky and ole miss games were deciding factors, particularly arky. And unlike the holding call on the return, which was a tickey-tackey yet still legitimate call, those were just bad. Sorry AU fans, but there was holding, technically and it was a good example of a player’s lack of awareness costing his team. Ole miss still failed to capitalize afterwards and Kiffen should have, at least, called a timeout, and possibly challenged. Granted, it’s not the nfl, so it might have changed nothing. But the comments from certain AU fans are just rubbish and worse than ineptitude from the refs.
No actually it isnt as clear cut as you think. In the Arkansas game NO ONE recovered the ball until well after the whistle. Go back and look. The first Arkansas defender knocks it away as the whistle is blown. Clearly no way they can just give it to Arkansas.
Perhaps the whistle shouldn’t have been blown but pretty clear most of Auburn stopped playing once it was.
As far as Ole Miss goes. That one play happened way too early to say it would have certainly resulted in an Ole Miss win. AU was still losing at the moment yet went down and scored then held them.
Yes, it is as clear cut as I say it is. It is LITERALLY written in black and white in the ncaa football rules. As for the rest, learn to read.
Tank breaks open a TD run on a kick off. The flag isnt thrown until he crosses the fifty and breaks free. Yet they say the hold took place at the 20. Pretty obviously some home cooking on that call yet no one says a word.
Defending bad calls made against Auburn is against SDS rules. Didn’t you know that?
After reading the comments I just have to chuckle. Everybody knows that for the 2nd week in a row a blown call helped Auburn win. Last week the excuse was the review was correct while totally ignoring the fact that the whistle shouldn’t have been blown. This week it’s all about the bad calls that went against them as well. That means 2 obvious tds were negated to Auburn’s benefit while giving them the win against Arkansas.