TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Mike Slive may fine me for this, but here goes.

How can it come to this? How can college football’s best conference — the best players, the best coaches, the best of everything — continue to be subjected to brutally poor officiating?

Alabama beat LSU 24-15 in the best game of the season to date, and all we’ll remember is a blown call from a replay official late in the fourth quarter that changed everything. Instead of celebrating a big win for No. 3 Alabama and looking forward to the SEC championship game against No.1 Florida next month, we’re left with this:

“Speculation,” said LSU coach Les Miles, “is rampant.”

That, everyone, was Miles with his Slive muzzle permanently affixed. For the fourth time in a month, the SEC commissioner is dealing with credibility issues for his officials. Last week, Slive said he would fine or suspend any coach who complained about officiating — and eventually levied a $30,000 hit on the Florida coach … Read more at:

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2009-11-07/conspiracy-theorists-about-sec-officiating-might-be-on-something