Will Muschamp contacted SEC office about Saturday's officiating
South Carolina coach Will Muschamp was visibly upset with the officiating in the Florida loss on Saturday and called one flag given to him for unsportsmanlike conduct “gutless” because the official ran 40 yards to throw it, the coach said.
Muschamp was upset with a non-call on a would-be offensive pass interference call on Florida’s touchdown from Kyle Trask to Kyle Pitts. There was also a false start, and a holding call not flagged on Florida’s 75-yard touchdown run by Dameon Pierce.
“The guy ran 40 yards away and dropped a flag. I have no idea. I’d rather him drop it on my feet. Drop it on my feet next time,” Muschamp said Saturday. “I’m not going to comment on anything else. Don’t go 40 yards away and drop a flag. Gutless.”
Muschamp said “no comment” when asked about the possibility of a “sky judge” at games to review plays from the press box with a TV monitor.
On his Sunday night media teleconference, Muschamp explained that he talked with the SEC’s head of officiating, Steve Shaw, and Commissioner Greg Sankey about the non-calls.
“Nothing I’m going to say will change anything,” Muschamp said, according to David Cloninger. “We all saw what happened. That’s in the conference office’s hands.”
Good for him. What’s done is done, but going forward these officials need to be held accountable for their actions.
It’s onto the Vols its time for the remainder of our schedule to feel our wrath especially aTm and Clem$on.
He is right. Nothing will change.
Let it go, Coach.
I heard the SEC was reviewing the officiating based on conference social media posts. I have little faith in the conference to handle the issue correctly. It seems all teams have been plagued by bad calls in the best conference for football. There is no transparency with SEC officiating actions and therefore it seems as the SEC itself is hiding something. I don’t believe in conspiracy, but it does create a perception at times.
Yeah what happens going forward? How will future games be officiated? No confidence in SEC officiating.
Omg the gamecocks are such poor sports. Deal with it you got beat dang
Gpunk19, y’all need to put that ref on scholarship. He scored 2 TDs for you which won the game.
He should at least be in the running for SEC player of the week.
Both teams had bad calls.
Every sports outlet event thas stated that USC got hosed. You were gifted 14 points from an illegal pick and missed false start/hold. No one has said a thing about Florida getting screwed because it didn’t happen. I think you guys are starting to miss Muschamp because Mullen isn’t the answer, BMAC called a better game than that offensive “guru”.
Yeah the refs were bad they screwed Florida over a lot in the first half and South Carolina on that pick play
I used to think the referee review was a joke-until I saw the process first hand. I don’t know any other job that is so highly scrutinized and graded out. While there is some bad calls and non calls it all shows up on the individual grade. The review room is massive in Birmingham. Every game has its own assigned reviewers – plural – as the game progresses. They all get their grade by I think Tuesday at the latest. There are those you will never see again on the field of play. Look at the list of how many actually get to come back and how many are let go by the SEC. Now they may go to another league and often do but if the grade isn’t met – gone. Grade high you get the big games. Grade low you get the #122 ranked teams until you are gone. It’s no joke but not many in the media actually none will do an in depth story on the process.
Lol the FL fans are especially delusional in here. Enjoy your gifted W and move on.
I watched this game, from kickoff till the clock read 00:00 and as I remember, during the first half…there were numerous “no calls” against the S.C. DB’s for pass interference(grabbing a handful of jersey, etc.).
I did not have a horse in this race, as am not a Gamecock fan nor a Gator fan…but reality is reality. Coaches, any coach, will not protest a call that helps their team…but scream bloody-murder when a call goes the other way. How many of you remember the play that Clemson won the first NC vs. Alabama ? iI believe it was the same, pick play, but there was no protest from the Alabama side. When you win, you win & when you lose, you lose…..Move on.
I also have watched the game twice now in person and on replay, and the no calls you claim could go either way just like the shove on Edwards late in the game, if you are going to call those close plays penalties then there were a lot more in the second half from FL DB’s as well that weren’t called. Both secondaries played physical football. The issue comes down to a 75 yard rushing TD that had two separate infractions that weren’t called and a blatant pic that wasn’t called for another TD. Keep in mind SC had the lead at this point and controlled the game in every aspect up until that point. I mean FL only had 154 total rushing yards on the day with 75 coming off of one of those plays that had two separate infractions not called. It’s true FL got the W, but these refs need to be held accountable going forward.
FL had TWO offsides penalties – both were VERY OBVIOUS and were called. That was corrected and they didn’t have another one. Did those make a difference in either play – not really. NOW, did the VERY OBVIOUS (to everyone but the officials being PAID to see the OBVIOUS) DID impact the game. The ILLEGAL PICK also impacted the game. FL is a good team – they don’t NEED help from the officials!
There were missed calls on both sides. Granted some of the missed calls happened on big plays by the Gators.
The pick on the goal line is the oldest play in Florida’s playbook.
Muschump sees the writing on the wall. He cries foul now just like he did before Florida schi#canned him…..”Its everyones fault but mine”. One would think that with the best team ever assembled at Cooter U he wouldn’t have so much to cry about. Just a thought