Sprints Questions the Consistency of Mike Slive // 10.23.09

by cocknfire on Oct 23, 2009 2:08 AM EDT in Sprints Comment 6 comments

You have to understand that the rules don't apply to me.

Mike Slive: Do as I say do, not as I do
Bobby Petrino is in trouble for criticizing the officials for getting the calls wrong, an event followed by the SEC criticizing and suspending the same officials for getting the calls wrong.

"Coach Petrino has violated the Southeastern Conference Code of Ethics," Slive said in a statement. "SEC Bylaw 10.5.4 clearly states that coaches, players and support personnel shall refrain from all public criticism of officials."

So is Mike Slive now going to reprimand himself?

Tapegate and Noisegate are closed
Mike Slive will send out memos about tape and artificial noise. I think the noise thing is ridiculous, as I did when the league forced South Carolina to stop its rooster crow. But he makes the rules, or at least enforces them.

Urban, you might want to keep that one to yourself
Meyer gets a little carried away with himself when talking about Tebow approaching Herschel Walker's rushing TD record.

"I was a Herschel Walker fan – like, nuts about him when I was in high school," Meyer said. "I got to meet him at the Heisman ceremony and sat and talked to him. I was actually a huge Georgia Bulldogs fan because of Herschel Walker."

I wonder if he'll tape his own quote on the locker room wall.

Apparently the stats really don't matter in the Heism@n race
Tebow still leads, according to a widely respected tracking poll.

Auburn CB gone
Harry Adams and the dreaded UVOTR.

The South has fallen again
Ole Miss' band is altering its rendition of the school's fight song to try to avoid chants of "the South will rise again."

Earlier this month, the Ole Miss student government passed a resolution suggesting the chant be replaced by the phrase, "To hell with LSU."

Because that's so much classier.

This is why concussions are a big deal
Even playing in college can destroy your brain if you don't take care of it.

Renardo Sidney is not someone you want your name next to right now
But John Wall is also undergoing an eligibility investigation. I could make a joke about this, but it would get me into another war with Kentucky fans.

Can you say 'cheap shot'?
Since it's a completely different issue than the Derrick Rose matter, a Memphis blog of course says the Tigers would have handled this so much better because of the Rose issue. Sure.

Can't say that I blame the guy
Someone fired off an e-mail to Gator Clause about a post that was supposed to be sarcastic. It's good that they had to clarify this, because I love sarcasm and thought I was pretty good at spotting it until I missed that one. But what do you expect from a blog that apparently found it funny to compare a young woman involved in an extramarital affair with an ESPN analyst to a Bulldog and/or Mississippi State -- HILARIOUS!

More misplaced sarcasm
Ah, right, Rocky Top Talk. Everyone who disagreed with Lane Kiffin is a moron. Way to elevate the debate. Here's a few things you missed: First, I might have the off typo, but I don't regularly misspell words. Second, Boy Wonder still hasn't proved 1/100th of what Pat Summitt has. Finally, there's a difference between committing a single secondary violation and having a slew of them while insulting opponents left and right and strutting around in an effort to be the poor team's version of Steve Spurrier. But if rehashing a six-month old argument makes you feel better about your football team, go right ahead.

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Does anyone know what specific comments Petrino was reprimanded for?

by dxf04 on Oct 23, 2009 3:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t have the exact quote in front of me, but when asked by a reporter about the officials, he said something to the effect of “there were some calls I didn’t agree with.”

It was a rather innocuous sound bite and I didn’t think much of it when I saw it, certainly not anything worth a public reprimand. He didn’t single any particular official out or even any particular call out.

Team Speed Kills
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by Year2 on Oct 23, 2009 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The TV Show Did It

Petrino complained on his TV show Sunday that a late hit should have been called on a Dennis Johnson run out of bounds and he said that there were three calls in the fourth quarter that he thought had an undue impact on the outcome of the game. Let’s move on!

by T-towner on Oct 23, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let me say that I hate the omertà that virtually every sports organization imposes on its players and coaches about discussing officiating. That said, I understand why they do it. And I understand that have a coach engaging in public criticism — public is apparently a key word in 10.5.4 — of the officials is not nearly the same thing as the Commissioner giving the reason for a suspension.

To put it another way, the system actually worked in this case except for the on-field calls themselves, and worked without Petrino needing to say anything publicly. The theory is, he can call up Birmingham and complain all he wants to Slive, and then it’s the SEC office’s job to act publicly or not.

Sports would be a lot more colorful without no-public-criticism rules, though.

by PhilipVU94 on Oct 23, 2009 4:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"coaches, players and support personnel"

Unless Slive counts as one of the above, it doesn’t seem like he’s bound by the same rules.

RTT didn’t tell you they already won the 2011 NC? How rude of them not to inform you.

by Giant Catfish on Oct 23, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

if tim tebow and urban meyer win there third national championship game in four years.....

do you think urban meyer would try the nfl and somehow get on a team that would have the opportunity to draft tim tebow? or: when charlie weiss goes 8-4or 9-3 and notre dame begs urban to come to his so called dream job after the utah gig(after 2004 season). does urban take that offer. i can’t see what he would have to prove in the sec. goals accomplished. i say he would goto the nfl and goto a team like the seattle seahawks who have never one a superbowl and certainly need help at qb b/c hasselbeck is injury prone and senaca wallace sucks. same thing could be said about the cleveland browns and that is where he grew up i think. a farmbelt state.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 23, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs