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SEC officials blasted on social media during first half of Mizzou-Texas A&M game
By Adam Spencer
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SEC officials often take a lot of criticism on social media. Some of it is deserved, some of it isn’t.
On Saturday in College Station for a matchup between No. 9 Mizzou and No. 25 Texas A&M, it only took 1 drive for the SEC crew to start taking some of the deserved variety of online criticism.
On Mizzou’s first drive, there was a fairly clear pass interference against Missouri WR Theo Wease Jr. A flag was initially thrown by an official.
But after further discussion, the flag was picked up. Here’s the play, you can decide for yourself if it was a penalty or not:
SEC officiating ruled DPI, then waved it off on 4th down. pic.twitter.com/ABG4zhuLVq
— Connor O'Gara (@cjogara) October 5, 2024
On Mizzou’s second drive, a 75-yard TD pass to Luther Burden III was called back due to an offensive lineman being downfield.
Then, during a skirmish on the field, Texas A&M WR Moose Muhammad III shoved an official. No flag was thrown:
Texas A&M’s getting away with everything today 😭 pic.twitter.com/oVH0NDUoAZ
— College Football Report (@CFBRep) October 5, 2024
Fans and media members had plenty to say about the seemingly biased start to the game from SEC officials:
These refs man….are you kidding me????
— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) October 5, 2024
Hey @SECOfficiating guess we know who the 12th man is today!
— Katherine Spring (@kitKATHbar) October 5, 2024
https://twitter.com/chrshgn/status/1842609460268892212
This is comical now @SECOfficiating , you aren’t even hiding the bias calls for @AggieFootball anymore!
— J.B. (@birds_on_bat_82) October 5, 2024
Ok, if #Mizzou is going to play like shit and @SECOfficiating is going to rig this game, I'm done watching. To the background, this game goes for my own health. #MIZ #STP #STPisALieAtThisPoint
— Jadedspyder (@Jadedspyder) October 5, 2024
I got large money on A&M — but if I was Mizzou, I’d walk off the field and protest this game, lol.@SECOfficiating has never cared to hide their rig jobs.. but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it this bad
— Greg Henderson (@GeeHenderson59) October 5, 2024
The Mizzou defense is having its worst showing of the year through 2 quarters, but it’s hard not to think that this could be a tighter game if even that first penalty that was picked up against Wease was upheld.
Catch the second half of Saturday’s game on ABC.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
