And we thought the Big 12 Refs were bad

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/foot...e.ap/index.html

(it) hasn't stopped bloggers, sports talk callers and college Cyberfans from questioning if Hackett took the chance to relive his playing days by laying out Garcia.

Not the case, the SEC says.

The league's coordinator of football officials, Rogers Redding, reviewed the tape and considered the hit to be inadvertent contact, SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said.

Bloom said the umpire position lends itself to more contact than other is seen with other on-field officials. "We feel there was nothing else that needs to be read into it and it was a collision between a player and an official," Bloom said.
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Wow. I don't know - at first glance, it looks like the ref just steps into the hit. "laying him out" would be a good description.

Although it's possible that he's shuffling forward to get out of the way of defenders behind him. Entirely possible - but it doesn't look good.

 
Wow!

I'm eerily reminded about the 1st few seasons after my playing days were over.

I still sometimes have sudden urges to chase cars. <_<

 
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