Inconsistent SEC
BATON ROUGE - Let me get this straight. You can't run onto a football field and celebrate your team's victory without hurting anyone and your school gets fined $50,000 by the high and mighty Southeastern Conference office. This happened to Kentucky after its monumental victory over No. 1 LSU two weeks ago.
But if you stay in the stadium and throw whiskey bottles and red shoes and God knows what else, it's OK. This happened at Ole Miss two weeks ago following the Confederates' loss to Alabama on an officials' reversal after instant replay.
The SEC apparently also thinks it's OK for Auburn offensive guard Chaz Ramsey to illegally chop block LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey at the knees. An SEC official was right in front of that play and did not throw the flag. Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville admitted a flag should have been thrown on his team. SEC commissioner Mike Slive, who came into a league known for recruiting scandals several years as the law and order candidate, told LSU coach Les Miles a penalty should have been called.
Yet Tuberville has not disciplined Ramsey, and Slive has not disciplined or fined Ramsey or the Auburn football team or the Auburn athletic department as he has fined various schools for celebrating victories on the field. Slive should have asked Tuberville to sit Ramsey for a quarter in Auburn's next game. That would have made sense.
Being a commissioner and a coach is about sending messages. The message sent this week by Slive and Tuberville is that it's all right to block illegally if you get away with it. This could mean more illegal blocks and more illegal injuries in the future.
In the meantime, a player is not practicing this week and may or may not be ready for his next game.
What about suspending Ramsey without play until Dorsey plays again?
But if you stay in the stadium and throw whiskey bottles and red shoes and God knows what else, it's OK. This happened at Ole Miss two weeks ago following the Confederates' loss to Alabama on an officials' reversal after instant replay.
The SEC apparently also thinks it's OK for Auburn offensive guard Chaz Ramsey to illegally chop block LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey at the knees. An SEC official was right in front of that play and did not throw the flag. Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville admitted a flag should have been thrown on his team. SEC commissioner Mike Slive, who came into a league known for recruiting scandals several years as the law and order candidate, told LSU coach Les Miles a penalty should have been called.
Yet Tuberville has not disciplined Ramsey, and Slive has not disciplined or fined Ramsey or the Auburn football team or the Auburn athletic department as he has fined various schools for celebrating victories on the field. Slive should have asked Tuberville to sit Ramsey for a quarter in Auburn's next game. That would have made sense.
Being a commissioner and a coach is about sending messages. The message sent this week by Slive and Tuberville is that it's all right to block illegally if you get away with it. This could mean more illegal blocks and more illegal injuries in the future.
In the meantime, a player is not practicing this week and may or may not be ready for his next game.
What about suspending Ramsey without play until Dorsey plays again?
posted by Glenn Guilbeau at 2:14 PM
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