SEC penalties 2007

[zartan]

here are more stats from cfbstats.com - College Football Statistics (http://www.cfbstats.com).
these are interesting--arguably the 3 best teams in the league last year are at the bottom. what can it all mean? normally i put penalties down to bad coaching. i guess the top teams have the talent to overcome mistakes?

oh, and congrats to the Bammers for playing clean football.

Name G Pen. Yards Pen./G Yards/G
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1 Alabama 13 59 453 4.5 34.8
2 Vanderbilt 12 59 479 4.9 39.9
3 South Carolina 12 69 532 5.8 44.3
4 Tennessee 14 74 641 5.3 45.8
5 Auburn 13 80 619 6.2 47.6
6 Mississippi 12 77 586 6.4 48.8
7 Mississippi State 13 77 678 5.9 52.2
8 Arkansas 13 82 707 6.3 54.4
9 Kentucky 13 83 717 6.4 55.2
10 Georgia 13 91 760 7.0 58.5
11 Florida 13 107 805 8.2 61.9
12 LSU 14 117 880 8.4 62.9

[zartan]

damn, that's hard to read. i kept trying to space it out better, but nothing changed.

[bamagt]

I told you that 4 million would pay off!



Only kidding!

[BAMAPERRY]

We had some bad ones at bad times. The same with turnovers. JPW fumbled the ball inside his own five twice against LSU & FSU late in the gameto give those games away. He gave MSU 7 points on a bonehead INT to close the 1st half to stink that one away and threw a pick to a UL-M guy who returned it to the one for an easy TD. The the INT against da barn to close the 1st half stank (though that was probably more DJ Halls fault).

[Tider27]

Interesting, I knew penalties never really killed us last season...but I didn't know we were #1 in the SEC. Feels good to win something in the SEC. :lol:

[DELTOR]

69 seems like a lot to me, for some reason. That's about 6 per game.

Edit: I just saw that it gave the averages/game.

[OleMissPike]

Ranked 6th in the SEC baby, that's what I'm talking about....wait, nevermind.

[Bulldog Bry]

Take away that 1st quarter of the Florida game and we almost get to 8th place. :laugh:

[NextYearIsHere]

hey look, LSU played thug football last year. Guess all the "whining" SC and other teams fan weren't seeing things after all.

[gatorunvrsty]

Here's an interesting thought. This year, it was LSU who was the worst offender, at 62.9 ypg, and they won the NC. Last year, it was UF, at 63.4 ypg, and they won the NC. In '05, Texas had 65.5 ypg, and they won the NC; although they weren't the worst in their conference that year... they play dirty over there, and their average was actually 5th best, with Texas Tech and Colorado tying for worst with 83.4 ypg.:ohmy:

Moral to the story: If you want to win the NC, have between 60 and 66 yards of penalties per game.:laugh:

[BamaDude06]

Interesting, I knew penalties never really killed us last season...but I didn't know we were #1 in the SEC. Feels good to win something in the SEC. :lol:

Alabama was the least penalized, and their opponents were the most penalized.

[Tider27]

Alabama was the least penalized, and their opponents were the most penalized.

Yeah, I was saying it feels good to win a category. Which in this case winning the category meant the least amount of penalties and yardage. :thumpsup:

[The Ramp]

there is a reason for this. i've been saying this for several years now. SEC refs even the odds. look at lsu this year and flor last year. sh*t, even in 03 we were one of the worst penalized teams. sec refs suck plain and simple. it's amazing that all of a sudden LSU was mr. no penalty in the NC game with big 12 refs. lsu, flor, and uga were usually the favorite in most the games and it's more than a coincidence they had the most penalties. it's complete BS

[timNem]

there is a reason for this. i've been saying this for several years now. SEC refs even the odds. look at lsu this year and flor last year. sh*t, even in 03 we were one of the worst penalized teams. sec refs suck plain and simple. it's amazing that all of a sudden LSU was mr. no penalty in the NC game with big 12 refs. lsu, flor, and uga were usually the favorite in most the games and it's more than a coincidence they had the most penalties. it's complete BS
Why would the SEC be biased against any team that poses the most potential in winning the NC? They would lose ALOT of potential $$$$ by doing that.

I think it has more to do with aggressive play.

[The Ramp]

Why would the SEC be biased against any team that poses the most potential in winning the NC? They would lose ALOT of potential $$$$ by doing that.

I think it has more to do with aggressive play.

it's too much of a coincidence that the best teams are always the most penalized. it isn't that way in other conferences.

[BamaDude06]

This is why LSU was so penalized this year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2k0FLerfDg

[The Ramp]

i bet i could make the same tape of any other team in any other game if i cared to

[The Ramp]

hey look, LSU played thug football last year. Guess all the "whining" SC and other teams fan weren't seeing things after all.

yep. you guys still whine. no doubt about it. the only team to play us to do so. congrats.

[GatorHunter]

there is a reason for this. i've been saying this for several years now. SEC refs even the odds. look at lsu this year and flor last year. sh*t, even in 03 we were one of the worst penalized teams. sec refs suck plain and simple. it's amazing that all of a sudden LSU was mr. no penalty in the NC game with big 12 refs. lsu, flor, and uga were usually the favorite in most the games and it's more than a coincidence they had the most penalties. it's complete BS

I agree 100%...if I see another flag on the field after Brandon James returns a KO or a punt for a TD in a meaningful game, I'm gonna go kick some ref ass!! Funny thing is...most of the time, the commentators review the play and can't find the penalty...:angry:

[The Ramp]

I agree 100%...if I see another flag on the field after Brandon James returns a KO or a punt for a TD in a meaningful game, I'm gonna go kick some ref ass!! Funny thing is...most of the time, the commentators review the play and can't find the penalty...:angry:

i remember a phantom face mask call that never happened in one game. to all the non-believers (i know..i bet a lot), watch a game next season in the sec when the favorite will get penalized for crap all game. it happens ALL the time

[DELTOR]

i bet i could make the same tape of any other team in any other game if i cared to

I'm not whining Ramp, I'm really not. But PLEASE DO. PLEASE make a 7+ minute video of the lopsidedness in calls/no calls/personal fouls within ONE game. PLEASE.
I understand LSU was/is an aggressive team, but most of that stuff was just plain ridiculous.

[GatorHunter]

I'm not whining Ramp, I'm really not. But PLEASE DO. PLEASE make a 7+ minute video of the lopsidedness in calls/no calls/personal fouls within ONE game. PLEASE.

Dude...if you ever saw footage of "the Swindle in the Swamp" when UF played f$u in '03...you'd snicker at the above footage.

[The Ramp]

I'm not whining Ramp, I'm really not. But PLEASE DO. PLEASE make a 7+ minute video of the lopsidedness in calls/no calls/personal fouls within ONE game. PLEASE.
I understand LSU was/is an aggressive team, but most of that stuff was just plain ridiculous.

it still remains to be the only game where the fanbase made a tape to justify their sour grapes

[DELTOR]

it still remains to be the only game where the fanbase made a tape to justify their sour grapes

Wrong. There are plenty out there. You must not visit YouTube too often. AU LSU '06 instantly comes to mind, for one example. And it's not sour grapes. It's past and LSU would've won the game either way. I accepted that then as I accept that now.

[DELTOR]

Dude...if you ever saw footage of "the Swindle in the Swamp" when UF played f$u in '03...you'd snicker at the above footage.

Exactly. You agree that the game was terribly lopsided as I mentioned?

[DELTOR]

I'll pick up on this tomorrow. I'm hittin the hay. Goodnight to all.

[The Ramp]

Wrong. There are plenty out there. You must not visit YouTube too often. AU LSU '06 instantly comes to mind, for one example. And it's not sour grapes. It's past and LSU would've won the game either way. I accepted that then as I accept that now.

vs us this year. yall were the only fanbase to call us dirty

[bigsexxxy]

it's too much of a coincidence that the best teams are always the most penalized. it isn't that way in other conferences.

Really? Is that why ESPN's favorite team of all time-USC, is the one of the most penalized teams in the country?

[timNem]

Really? Is that why ESPN's favorite team of all time-USC, is the one of the most penalized teams in the country?

Look at FSU and Miami too. I don't think its a conspiracy against better teams but more like a lack of discipline and uncontrolled aggression

[BamaDude06]

2007 Penalty Stats:

There were 9,595 penalties issued to D1-A teams in 2007, and each team was penalized 6.38 times per game on average. Below are listed the BCS Conference Champion, Runner Ups if that conference as a title game, and the BCS at Large Teams. Teams in bold were penalized more than average

SEC Champion- LSU (8.36 penalties per game)
Pac 10 Champion- USC-(8.15 penalties per game
Big 10 Champion- Ohio St. (5.54 penalties per game)
Big 12 Champion- Oklahoma (6.86 penalties per game)
ACC Champion- Virginia Tech (6.57 penalties per game)
Big East Champion- West Virginia (5.46 penalties per game)
BCS At Large- Hawai'i (7.00 penalties per game)
BCS At Large- Kansas (4.08 Penalties per game)
BCS At Large- Illinois (4.92 penalties per game)
BCS At Large- Georgia (7.00 Penalties per game)
SEC Runner Up- Tennessee (5.29 Penalties Per Game)
Big 12 Runner Up- Missouri (5.43 penalties per game)
ACC Runner Up- Boston College (6.93 Penalties Per game)

FOUR of six BCS Conference Champions were pelalized more than average, so its not just the SEC.

(NCAA Penalty Stats) (http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2007&div=4&rpt=IA_teamyardspenalized&site=org)

[BamaDude06]

For the record, the two BCS conferences whose champions were penalized below average:

NONE of the 11 Big 10 teams were penalized above 6.38 per game
FIVE of the 7 Big East teams were penalized over 6.38 times per game

[NextYearIsHere]

it still remains to be the only game where the fanbase made a tape to justify their sour grapes


plenty of people on this board called LSU out last year for those thug plays. You want to make it seem like people are whining to make up for their team losing, but thats not it. Watch that tape again, I can deal with losing to LSU as a USC fan, but i don't think you need to take a guy out for the rest of the year to beat us and i'll be damned if i'm not going to stand up and be heard when an LSU player spears a kid lying face down on the ground. Watch that tape again, there are 3 or 4 times in that game when a LSU player could have crippled or killed a USC player, no joking. You play hard to win, but there is no room in this GAME for that kind of stuff. You really want to see someone leave on a stretcher after spearing them when they were already down or swinging a QB around by his facemask. Make all the false starts and offsides you want, just don't put a persons health at risk because you're a thug