SEC Network replay official from our game was a UGA grad/fan

[yellowRambler]

Someone took a panorama photo of the stadium and the big R on glass stands for replay. The guy with a G is one of the replay officials and when you click his name his job description is "instant replay technician at Southeastern Conference. Assuming it's legit, how dumb is it of SEC to let people with ties to school work a game, but I wouldn't expect anything else.

 

[Buzzmaster]

Wow, I guess that is why the so-call fumble on the goal line wasn't overturned or the forward pass was called a fumble. at most it should have been intentional grounding that wasn't called.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Stunning. Shocking, I tell you, absolutely shocking. Unbelievable. I just can't imagine there being any bias among uga faithful.

 

[DTGT]

That G looks like it was placed there after the photo was taken. The G is perfectly level with the photo. The G lacks perspective (it is flat, not angled like the glass).

Not saying that they do/don't have uGA ties... I'm saying the picture is an obvious fake.

 

[GlennW]

My understanding is that the Replay Official HAD to be ACC since there were SEC refs (that was the agreement), just like next season, when UGA plays in Atlanta, and we have ACC refs, there will be an SEC ref in the booth.

 

[crl85]

I'm sorry but - as a guy who uses photoshop at work - this is not legit.

The refs were definitely crooked and I hope DeAndre's injury haunts them forever, but that "g" is photoshopped.

 

[awbuzz]

That G looks like it was placed there after the photo was taken. The G is perfectly level with the photo. The G lacks perspective (it is flat, not angled like the glass).

Not saying that they do/don't have uGA ties... I'm saying the picture is an obvious fake.

Think you're correct.

See that @crl85 beat me to that comment...

 

[orientalnc]

I don't buy this at all.

 

[GTJason]

I'm sorry but - as a guy who HAS EYES - this is not legit.

Fixed. Unless someone was attempting to point out who was the dawg fan with a label it's not even good for someone who used paint

 

[Lexjacket]

 

[ClydeBrick]

The original picture is located here.

The mis-colored Green Bay "G" is placed on the photo as a way to tag yourself. The only choices for this photo are that Green Bay "G" or an Enterprise Rental (sponsor of the pic) symbol.

The tag in the OP's pic give the name of a guy and his facebook link. He is an admitted mutt (wearing UGAg stuff in his profile pics). I don't put my face in a book so I may not be able to see his employment info.

 

[Butler22]

When I click on the link for his facebook, it is not there. I smell conspiracy!!!

 

[Towaliga]

I was able to get to his FB page. As ClydeBrick noted, the "G" is put there because the person sitting there (Tim Smith) tagged himself. His description says "Information Technology at Georgia Regents University, Audio Technician at University of Georgia Athletic Association, and Instant Replay Technician at Southeastern Conference (good English). If you look at his facebook page, you can tell he is a Dwag fan.

 

[Minawreck]

Yeah I was going to say the G was just to point out who he was.

This game certainly warrants a full fledged investigation. And we still beat their asses. Kicked their teeth in and took the game right from them. So shove it up yours Tim.

There's more than one social media site:

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-smith/8/851/132

 

[a5ehren]

The replay officials for the game were ACC. Given this guy's other job descriptions he was probably doing audio work for the UGA AA, not replay. Also, "replay technician" is probably more like "sets up the monitors and audio system", not "looks at video and makes calls" since that job would be more appropriately called "instant replay official".

The only bad call in the game was the "fumble" near the goal line. There hasn't been a single official asked about the pump fake that said they wouldn't have called a fumble.

 

[Minawreck]

I assumed that part of this fellow's job is to provide the angles available to the replay officials (who I'm not sure are in fact ACC). That would have an impact on how the replay is handled.

 

[DTGT]

The only bad call in the game was the "fumble" near the goal line. There hasn't been a single official asked about the pump fake that said they wouldn't have called a fumble.

Can you rephrase this without a double negative? This doesn't make sense as written.

 

[LongforDodd]

Can you rephrase this without a double negative? This doesn't make sense as written.

Aren't you taking this Ron Swanson persona a bit far? Double negative or not...it is understandable.

 

[Techster]

@Eric retweeted this:

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...ennessee-sec-officiating-replay-review-102514

Apparently the officiating crew responsible for those games were the same officials for our game. I haven't looked it up, but if referees were leaning on someone up above to chime in, it could explain why some of the whistles were really slow.

 

[UgaBlows]

The replay officials for the game were ACC.

I read somewhere that this is no longer the case due to different replay equipment used by each conf., they had sec officials on the field and in the booth