SEC Football Online Free Sportline Pick...Arkansas vs Troy

TROY has covered six of its last seven games
TROY has won its last seven games SU
TROY has played four of its last six games OVER the total
TROY has covered two of its last six road games
TROY has played six of its last eight road games OVER the total
Arkansas has won and covered four of its last six games
ARK has played five of its last seven games UNDER the total
ARK has won six of its last seven home games SU
Troy Trojans is red-hot right now. The Trojans, after starting the season with defeats suffered at the hands of Bowling Green (31-14) and #1 Florida (56-6), have won six of their last seven in the NCAA football odds, beating every opponent the Sun Belt has to offer, scoring a minimum of 30 points in each of their last six, with only Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette in their way of an undefeated conference season and a mandatory berth in the New Orleans Bowl, but they have this very difficult out-of-conference test to undertake.
As you already know, Arkansas Razorbacks got oh-so-close to beating Florida last month, and the Razorbacks have scored resounding wins over the likes of Texas A&M, Auburn and South Carolina. Bobby Petrino's team, which ranks 9th in the country in scoring, can put up a lot of points in a hurry. Ryan Mallett, the starting quarterback who transferred from Michigan because he didn't want to do Rich Rodriguez's run-based spread offense, has proven to be worth the wait, with an 18-3 ratio of TD passes to interceptions, and has completed 37 of 43 passes in Arkansas' last two games. he has not tossed a pickoff in his last four contests.
Arkansas' secondary, which has allowed 271 yards a game through the air, is not sound, however, and you have to respect what Troy can do on offense. Quarterback Levi Brown is rated in the top 20 of the NCAA passing statistics, and has averaged 372 yards over his last four games. Hitting at an impressive 65% rate, Brown has a lot of people he can spread the ball around to; eleven different receivers have at least 100 yards this season.
Troy is a program that gets up for these games and can make good teams sweat; they led LSU 31-10 in the fourth quarter last year before losing, if you recall, and they beat Oklahoma State in 2007. They can be competitive, and they will undoubtedly go down swinging. We're taking the points with the Trojans, the 13.5-point underdogs.
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LSU's Jefferson returns to practice

Jefferson's status for No. 9 LSU's homecoming game against Louisiana Tech on Saturday remains up in the air.
"Jefferson took snaps, took throws," LSU coach Les Miles said. "He was a little gimped, but getting better. We'll kind of know more as we go forward. To be honest with you, I do feel good about him."
Jefferson hurt his ankle on a sack in the third quarter and did not return. Before the injury, he completed 10 of 17 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown and rushed six times for 31 yards in the first half.
Miles was asked if Jefferson could start and play at 75 or 80 percent.
"Well, I don't know," he said. "I'm going to view it all with time at hand. In other words, I'm going to look at tomorrow's practice and see how that goes. I know one thing, he throws the football very well, and he moves his feet well enough to command the pocket."
After the game Saturday, Jefferson predicted what would happen with his injury this week. He said he'd miss practice early in the week and return in the middle of the week and be ready to play in the game.
Miles was not ready to give the starting job to backup quarterback Jarrett Lee, who took the majority of snaps with the first team offense on Monday and Tuesday. Since Thursday practices are usually used only for polishing and Friday practices are often just a light walk through, Miles was asked, "At this point don't you have to operate on the assumption that Lee is your starting quarterback for Saturday?"
Miles said, "I don't necessarily buy that."
Lee completed 4 of 10 passes for 44 yards with an interception against Alabama. On the season, he has completed 9 of 18 passes for 89 yards and one touchdown with the one interception. Jefferson has completed 133 of 210 passes for 1,535 yards and 12 touchdowns with four interceptions.
Should Jefferson not be able to play and Lee starts, Miles said sophomore walk-on TC McCartney of Boulder, Colo., could enter the game as the No. 2 quarterback. Miles would like to avoid using true freshman quarterback Chris Garrett of Tupelo, Miss., so he can be redshirted.
"I think TC's pretty capable, too," Miles said. "I think we'll kind of go through practice and kind of see who's whom."
Miles also has Russell Shepard, who has played quarterback in spots in most of LSU's games this season, though he has not attempted a pass.
"He'll play some quarterback possibly as well," Miles said.
Shepard has rushed 31 times for 224 yards and two touchdowns on the season.

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Bama's Ingram makes run at Heisman honors

For a third consecutive week, players from Southeastern Conference schools have exchanged the lead in the Scripps Howard News Service’s weekly Heisman Trophy poll, released Wednesday.
Alabama running back Mark Ingram has regained the lead, ousting Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, last week’s front-runner. Tebow fell from first to third in the latest balloting, behind Houston quarterback Case Keenum, who trails Ingram by a single point in what projects as a wide-open race down the stretch.
The poll, which began in 1987, solicits input from 10 Heisman voters — including representatives from each of the five Heisman balloting regions — and assigns voting points for each candidate listed by voters. Points are assigned on a sliding scale, similar to the point totals in the weekly Associated Press college football poll. The poll has correctly forecast the Heisman winner in 18 of the first 21 seasons of its existence.

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Kiffin: Players' status on hold

The status of three University of Tennessee football players charged in a robbery attempt is on hold while coach Lane Kiffin reviews the case.
"We're gathering all the information in, and until then we really have nothing for you," Kiffin said this afternoon.
Also, one of the three UT players arrested after the holdup attempt on the Strip has been freed without having to post bond, according to his defense attorney.
Bond for Janzen Jackson, 18, was reduced from $15,000 this afternoon and he was released on his own recognizance, said attorney Donld Bosch.
"Mr. Jackson vehemently asserts his innocence and hopes to be able to demonstrate that in the next 24 to 48 hours," Bosch said.
Also arrested this morning in connection with the incident at a Pilot station on Cumberland Avenue were football players Mike Edwards and Nu'Keese Richardson, both 18, as well as UT student Marie Montmarquet, 22, who was driving the car the men were in, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
All four suspects have been charged with three counts of attempted armed robbery, and Montmarquet also faces drug charges.
Attorney Gregory P. Isaacs, who represents Montmarquet, said his client was a excellent UT student and a former intern in the state Legislature.
"Our preliminary investigation reveals that Miss Montmarquet had no knowledge of any of the allegations she has been charged with and we look forward to speaking with authorities regarding this matter as expeditiously as possible."
It wasn't immediately clear if Edwards or Richardson have attorneys.
UT athletic director Mike Hamilton released a statement this morning about the episode.
"At this time we are currently evaluating the circumstances surrounding an incident involving Mike Edwards, Janzen Jackson and Nu'Keese Richardson," Hamilton said. "Any decisions or comments regarding their status will not be made until the evaluations are complete."
Both Richardson and Jackson are coming off a week in which they faced discipline from coach Lane Kiffin, the former for missing a practice and the latter for a violation of team rules.
Kiffin has touted the discipline in his program and a clean arrest record as recently as Wednesday's SEC teleconference.
Richardson is a 5-foot-10, 165-pound wide receiver from Pahokee, Fla. Jackson is a 6-foot, 174-pound defensive back from Lake Charles, La. Edwards is a 5-foot-10 defensive back from Cleveland, Ohio.
According to KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk, the incident began at 1:43 a.m. at the Pilot station, 2218 Cumberland Ave., when officers were alerted to an armed robbery in progress.
When officers arrived, they found Cory B. Zickefoose, 20, Benjamin J. Everett, 19 and Corey M. Smith, 18, claiming to have been accosted by two men wearing black hoodies.
The trio told officers they were sitting in a 1998 Hyundai Elantra at the convenience store while a friend was inside the business. As they waited for their friend, a man opened the driver's door, brandished a handgun and stated, "Give me everything you have," DeBusk said.
A second man also wearing a black hoodie then opened the passenger door of the Hyundai and reiterated to the trio, "Give us everything you've got," DeBusk said.
In an interview this afternoon, Zickefoose and Smith told the News Sentinel they had no inkling beforehand that the people in the parking lot were about to attempt a robbery. Even during the incident, Zickefoose, who was driving, said the man with the weapon wasn't overly aggressive.
"I could just tell he wasn't going to shoot me. He didn't have too much authority," Zickefoose said.
The victims said they showed the two men their empty wallets and said they had no money.
"I said, 'Sorry, we don't have anything to give you.' " Zickefoose said.
"We ain't got nothing but a cheeseburger," Smith added, "but they didn't take that."
A third man then approached the car and told the other two men in hoodies, "We've got to go," DeBusk said.
The three men got into a 2010 Toyota Prius driven by a woman and fled the area. Zickefoose said he glanced at the Prius during the attempted heist and noted the woman seemed amused.
"She was smiling, with a big grin on her face," Zickefoose said.
Officers stopped the car on Neyland Drive near Leinard Lane after it had been seen near Gibbs Halls.
Police found Edwards, Richardson and Jackson in the car, which was driven by Marie Montmarquet, 22, DeBusk said. UT spokeswoman Karen Collins confirmed that Montmarquet is a student at UT.

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Three Vols arrested for armed robbery

A stunning and disturbing story coming out of Knoxville this morning as three Tennessee Volunteers have been charged with attempted armed robbery.
According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Janzen Jackson, Mike Edwards and Nu'Keese Richardson were arrested early this morning following an incident outside of a convenience store.
Three males allege they were sitting in a car outside of the convenience store when two males wearing black hoodies opened the doors of the vehicle and demanded everything they had. At least one of the alleged robbers was brandishing a handgun.
The victims said they showed the two men their empty wallets and said they had no money. A third man then approached the car and told the other two men in hoodies, "We've got to go," DeBusk said.The three men got into a 2010 Toyota Prius driven by a woman and fled the area.Officers stopped the car on Neyland Drive near Leinard Lane after it had been seen near Gibbs Halls.Police found Edwards, Richardson and Jackson in the car, which was driven by Marie Montmarquet, 22, DeBusk said.A search of the Prius revealed a air-powered pellet pistol under the rear seat. Two black hoodies were seen in plain view in the back seat, DeBusk said.
The suspects were taken back to the convenience store, where the alleged victims identified Richardson and Edwards as the perpetrators.
''At this time we are currently evaluating the circumstances surrounding an incident involving Mike Edwards, Janzen Jackson and Nu'Keese Richardson," athletic director Mike Hamilton said. "Any decisions or comments regarding their status will not be made until the evaluations are complete.''

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Spurrier says Matthews could return

USC coach Steve Spurrier says there's a chance injured defensive end Cliff Matthews could return to face No. 1 Florida on Saturday.
Matthews suffered a shoulder injury in a 31-13 loss at Tennessee and did not play in a loss to Arkansas last Saturday. Spurrier had thought Matthews, a 6-foot-4, 249-pound junior, would not be ready until the Gamecocks' season finale against Clemson on Nov. 28.
Matthews was running around at practice Monday and could see action against the Gators.
With Matthews out, South Carolina used a three-man defensive front instead of its usual 4-3 alignment. Tony Straughter opened at outside linebacker against the Razorbacks.
Matthews had started the first nine games this season. He's fifth on the team with 39 tackles.

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Ole Miss hit with huge defensive blow

Senior defensive end Greg Hardy has a broken wrist and is likely out for the rest of the season, according to Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt.Hardy, who leads the team with five sacks, was not at practice on Wednesday afternoon.His loss will certainly hurt the Rebels’ pass rush as they prepare to face Tennessee at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The game will be televised on CBS.Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton has thrown for a Southeastern Conference-high 21 touchdowns this season.The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Hardy has been hobbled by injuries the entire season. He underwent offseason surgery to repair a broken bone in his right foot.Then in the opening game against Memphis, he sprained his left ankle, which limited his mobility for several weeks.Now comes the wrist injury, which could end Hardy’s career. Nutt did not say when, or how, the injury occurred.Hardy practiced with the team on Tuesday and played during Saturday's 38-14 victory over Northern Arizona.

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Spurrier gives indications he will be the primary play-caller

Steve Spurrier addressed his immediate and long-term future at South Carolina, saying he is not going anywhere — except back to the offensive huddle.
Spurrier indicated Tuesday he likely would resume calling most of the offensive plays — a responsibility he ceded to son Steve Spurrier Jr., the team's receivers coach, before the 2008 season.
The Gamecocks rank second in the SEC in pass offense and are eighth in total offense. But USC has scored just 49 points in its past four games, and is 98th among 120 teams nationally in scoring with 21.3 points a game.
“I call most of the plays, and I may be the principal play-caller now with suggestions from the other coaches. That's about how we've been doing it,” Spurrier said during his weekly news conference. “I still carry all the ball plays out there (on a play sheet). Some of you may say, ‘Well, let somebody else call them, it's not working very well.' And some of you may say, ‘Why don't you call them?' But it's all (dependent) on what's working or not.”
Spurrier never mentioned his son's name during the nearly 30-minute session with reporters, who peppered him with questions about the direction of the offense and the program. Spurrier kept the mood light with a couple of his trademark one-liners.
Reminded of his comments that he considered walking away after the Gamecocks' 31-10 loss to Iowa in the Outback Bowl, Spurrier said: “Who wouldn't have?”
But the 64-year-old Spurrier reiterated he plans to coach another three to four more years. Spurrier, who makes $1.75 million a year, is signed through the end of the 2012 season, although he can retire without owing the school a buyout.
Spurrier would receive a $1 million longevity bonus if he remains at USC through the 2011 season.

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UF's Caleb Sturgis Named Semifinalist For Lou Groza Award

University of Florida sophomore Caleb Sturgis was announced as one of 20 semifinalists for the 2009 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. These 20 place-kickers have all excelled throughout the season in earning their places as semifinalists.
Sturgis has connected on 17-of-20 (.850) field-goal attempts for the top-ranked Gators and has converted on two or more kicks in all seven SEC games for Florida. He is a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond 40 yards, highlighted by an SEC-long 56-yarder in the 41-17 victory over Georgia on Halloween. Sturgis also booted a game-winning 27-yard field goal to lift UF past Arkansas. This year’s list of candidates for the 18th annual Award is led by 2008 semifinalist Leigh Tiffin from Alabama, a frequent “Star of the Week” selection who has earned SEC Special Teams Player of the Week recognition during the season. Tiffin is the only 2008 semifinalist to make the final 20 this season.
At the time of the release, Tiffin and UCLA junior Kai Forbath were tied for the national lead in field goals made with 20 each. The only candidate among the final 20 who has yet to miss a kick, field goal or PAT, is Craig Ratanamorn, a senior from Marshall University. He’s been successful on 11 of 11 field-goal tries and all 22 of his extra-point attempts.

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A.J. Green ‘ready to go' against Auburn

Georgia's wide receiver A.J. Green, sidelined last week with a bruised lung, says he's "100 percent" healthy for Georgia's game against Auburn on Saturday.
"I'm fresh," he said. "I'm ready to go."
Green said last week's game was the first he had ever missed on any level with an injury, and he didn't like the experience.
Punishing penalties
Georgia players who are flagged for a penalty against Auburn will be removed from the game, as they were against Tennessee Tech, Richt said Tuesday.
Players were held out for the remainder of the series in which the penalty was incurred last week, but Richt was noncommittal on whether they'll be kept out as long this week. "I don't know about that," he said.

Richt, who pledged before the Tennessee Tech game that backup quarterback Logan Gray would play at least one series, is making no such promise this week.
"I wouldn't sit here and promise it right now publicly," Richt said, "although we would like to continue to help him grow as a quarterback."
The Bulldogs practiced for 2-1/2 hours in a steady rain Tuesday. A victory Saturday would give Georgia its first four-game winning streak over Auburn since the 1940s. Several players said the team's new goal is an 8-4 regular-season record, which requires winning the next three games. "It's not something we have plastered all over the locker room, but it's the best we can do," quarterback Joe Cox said. "We want to be 8-4 and see what happens after that."


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Vols coaching staff leads nation in pay

When Lane Kiffin was named Tennessee's football coach last fall, he pledged to take the Vols to the top of the college football world.
In at least one area, he's succeeded.
An examination of college football coaches' compensation by USA Today reveals that the nine assistant coaches on UT's staff average a little more than $369,400 per year, making it the highest paid coaching staff in college football. Texas' staff ranks second at more than $327,000.
The USA Today study, part of a three-installment series that begins in today's editions, also lists Tennessee defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, Lane Kiffin's father, as the highest-paid assistant coach with his $1.2 million salary. The senior Kiffin will also receive a $300,000 retention bonus on Dec. 31.

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Florida Gators missing big bite on offense

Urban Meyer finally figured out what's ailing the Florida offense: everything.
"I think it's coaching transition. I think it's execution. I think it's also some new players in new positions," the Florida coach said Monday.
"If it was one thing, you could fix the one thing."
The Gators (9-0) are ranked No. 1 in the BCS standings and own the nation's longest winning streak at 19 games, but not many Florida fans are pleased with the offensive production this season.
UF has one more SEC game remaining: Saturday at South Carolina (3:30 p.m., CBS), but the statistics through seven games are down.
The Gators average 28 points per game, down from 45 a year ago. Tim Tebow also has been sacked 20 times in SEC games, up from 12 a year ago. UF is averaging 380 yards per game, 50 fewer than last year.
The Gators also have scored a touchdown inside the Red Zone just 30 percent of the time, down from 73 percent last year.
The one bright spot, Meyer said, is that UF hasn't turned the ball over the past two weeks after committing five total turnovers against Arkansas and Mississippi State.
"Doing much better on offense the last two weeks," Meyer said.
"Still nowhere near where we were a year ago."
The most troubling stat, Meyer said: The Gators have just two plays of more than 50 yards this season, compared with nine last year.
"What we're lacking, after really digesting this for a while, we're lacking the big hits," Meyer said.
"We need to look at last year. We had those hits. It's either sustaining blocks a little longer, it's taking more chances down the field."
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Nick Saban fires back on criticism for SEC game officials

Alabama coach Nick Saban is fed up with media criticism directed at SEC game officials, which was continued by a controversial non-call during Saturday's game between LSU and Alabama.
This is a point Saban made clear with a pointed answer to a question in today's press conference. He aimed gripes at the media, and singled out television commentators during the games.
"I mean, can somebody stand up and fight for these guys and what they do for the game, and probably get less for it than anybody?" Saban said.
His voice rising to a shout, Saban pointed to how little the officials make for the trouble, saying, "If I was an official, and I was making what I made officiating because I love the game and I love doing it, and I was getting criticized by the media, including our announcers on TV , like these guys are getting criticized, I'd step back and say, 'I think I'll go to the lake this weekend. You can have this.' That's what I'd do."
As for the non-interception call with LSU's Patrick Peterson, Saban said, "If it was an interception, that doesn't mean they win the game."

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SEC declines comment on Peterson ruling

The Southeastern Conference will not issue a public statement on a controversial incompletion from Alabama's 24-15 win over LSU Saturday on which Tigers cornerback Patrick Peterson made what appeared to be an interception along the visiting sideline, but was ruled out of bounds.The play was reviewed and the replay official confirmed the ruling on the field. SEC Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom said the league office will communicate directly with LSU regarding the call.
Also Monday, Bloom indicated that a technical glitch prevented replay from being used on a sideline catch by Brad Smelley that was ruled incomplete.
"The replay system briefly froze up, which meant that the equipment was not sending the plays from the TV feed to the replay official," Bloom wrote in an e-mail to The Tuscaloosa News. "It was quickly fixed by the technician in the booth."

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LSU’s Scott out for rest of regular season

LSU running back Charles Scott’s regular season is over, and his LSU career might be as well.
Scott suffered a fractured clavicle in Saturday’s 24-15 loss at Alabama when he was dragged down from behind at the end of a season-long 34-yard run.
The Saline native will miss games against Louisiana Tech this week, at Ole Miss on Nov. 21 and the regular-season finale Nov. 28 against Arkansas at Tiger Stadium.
Media relations director Michael Bonnette said LSU’s medical staff isn’t ruling out Scott’s return for a bowl game.
In the loss to the third-ranked Crimson Tide, Scott led LSU with 83 rushing yards. That bumped his season total to 542 yards, and he scored four rushing touchdowns this year.
Scott is the sixth-leading rusher in LSU history with 2,317 yards. He ranks fourth in 100-yard rushing games with eight and fourth in rushing touchdowns with 32, including 18 last season which was the second highest total in program history.
With Scott on the shelf, the most likely candidates to step in as the starting tailback are sophomore Stevan Ridley and senior Keiland Williams.
Ridley has rushed for 81 yards on 10 carries in the last two games and has produced the Tigers’ last two rushing touchdowns.
Williams has accounted for 212 rushing yards on 44 carries with a pair of TDs, but his playing time has dwindled the last several weeks.
Trindon Holliday and Russell Shepard, the Tigers’ two fastest players, could also get more carries in Scott’s absence.

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Vols beat West and joke into ground

Memphis coach Tommy West told a joke about Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin at the Highland Hundred banquet before the season began.
The joke involved a talking dog. In the joke, Kiffin sold the dog for five bucks because it fibbed.
A talking dog would still be worth more than five bucks even if it fibs, see?
"I still don't get it," Kiffin said.
Which did not stop him from taking offense.
I had written about the joke in a column. Kiffin plastered copies of the column all over the Tennessee meeting rooms.
The guy clearly would rather dish it out than take it. He used West's standup to inspire Tennessee's first-half smackdown.
"We want to protect our team and coach Kiffin is part of our team," said Stocker.
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Up 14-0, Tennessee went for it on fourth-and-2 from the Memphis 49.
Up 14-0, Tennessee went for it on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee 35.
Up 35-0, Tennessee called a timeout.
A timeout! Up by 35! It couldn't have been more clear that Kiffin was out to do more than win a game. He was out to bury the Tigers, to prove to potential recruits and everyone else back in West Tennessee that the only thing worthy of laughs in Memphis is the local football team.
He didn't even deny it afterward.
"It wasn't that we were trying to play a lot of guys," said Kiffin. "We wanted to make a statement."
So let anyone who is tempted to tell a joke about the Tennessee head coach remember this day!
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Tide machine continues methodical march toward Atlanta

Proving once again that a stifling defense combined with a punishing running game is the new Southern sexy, Alabama removed any doubt that they are the real deal in dispatching No. 9 LSU 24-15 in Tuscaloosa.
The best defense in the nation, regardless of where any stat places them , held LSU to just 253 yards of offense in the win. To further drive home the point, the Tide defense held the Bayou Bengals to just 3.3 yards per rush and 5.9 yards per pass attempt in suffocating any hope the visitors had in pulling the upset and throwing their name in the title game ring.
Additionally, the 'Bama offense awoke at the most opportune time, putting up 452 yards while eating up nearly 33 minutes of the clock.
Running back Mark Ingram continued to state his Heisman case very loudly, rushing for 144 yards on 22 carries. He was at the top of most Heisman lists entering the game, and did nothing but solidify his top spot among the contenders.
With the win, Alabama remains unbeaten at 9-0 and on track for an undefeated SEC title game showdown for the ages with Florida.
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Another day, another SEC officiating controversy

On this week's edition of As the SEC Officiating Turns, we find LSU looking like it was on the receiving end of an unfavorable ruling that benefited one of the SEC's 2009 Twin Big Boys.
With just under six minutes remaining and Alabama leading 21-15, LSU's Patrick Peterson appeared to intercept a Greg McElroy pass on the sidelines. Instead, officials on the field ruled the pass incomplete, while the replay official upheld the ruling.
It appeared, however, that Peterson got not only one foot in bounds but possibly two, and looked to have (maybe?) maintained possession of the ball through his tiptoeing. If the ruling had gone in favor of the Bayou Bengals, they would've been 69 yards away from the go-ahead score with the point after.
Alas, they never got the chance as the SEC officials may, or may not, depending on where your loyalties lie, have blown yet another call. The person responsible for the non-interception interception seems to agree with that sentiment.
"I most definitely was in," Peterson said. "After I caught the ball, I looked down and I saw both feet in. I don't know what the ref was looking at, but I got them both in. And I caught the ball clean. I didn't bobble it."
Regardless of whether or not Peterson was in or out, it's yet another black eye for the SEC and it's beleaguered and embattled officiating crews. And it will do nothing to stop the conspiracy theorists from thinking that, right or wrong, the black helicopters hovering above their heads are charged with delivering undefeated Alabama and unbeaten Florida to the Georgia Dome for a December date by any means necessary.

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