Arkansas was shafted throughout the game—not just the end. Our QB was speared in the back after he was down—no call. Tebow apparently is exempt from the no-celebration rule. Actually, the whole team is. After a long pass which FL intercepted, 3 FL players converged in the end-zone, did an obviously choreographed and practiced dance, and there was—surprise, surprise, NO CALL again.
And in the Mississippie State/Florida game this past weekend, a FL player intercepted a pass, was running into the end zone, but a couple of yards before he got there he started doing a high-stepping-taunting dance, the ball was knocked free at the 1 yd line having never “crossed the plane” of the goal line, and it was recovered in the end-zone by Miss.State. Miss.St. should’ve had the ball 1st and 10 on the 35 [due to the illegal celebration] and the score 16-13. Instead, Florida was given a touchdown, so now the score was 22-13 [the missed the PAT]. The momentum of the entire game was changed by the phantom touchdown.
I saw that play, and it sure looked like the ball was knocked loose before the Florida player crossed the line. But it was just one more crucial call in Florida's favor.
There was a face mask penalty in the fourth quarter against Alabama in the SEC championship game last year that kept a Florida scoring drive alive. A nothing face mask penalty where the Alabama player's hand just moved down the side of the Florida player's helmet, then the Bama player made a clean and legal tackle.
Those crucial calls helping Florida have piled up, and I repeat that in the Arkansas game there were THREE bad calls that helped Florida in the final six or eight minutes. I don't recall having ever seen a team benefit from three bad calls during the final minutes of a game. That was a first.