After all, absent the now-universally-recognized BAD-SEC-officiating, LSU would not be in that game in the 4th quarter, much less the last 24 seconds.

Two Ole Miss touchdowns called back early in the game by suspect officiating; and the clock stopping for no reason on 3RD DOWN during LSU’s last drive (nobody seems to remember THAT unearned timeout given to LSU), and LSU isn’t even in that game.

It’s time to give Les a break, LSU fans! For heaven’s sake, your team has certainly been given a few!!!

I am shocked. SHOCKED! That the officiating of a major SEC game was shaky. But a win is a win if you aren’t busy keeping down a non-BCS conference team. Ole Miss may be going to Orlando. They could crush Penn State.

Another TD catch by Shay Hodge (Ole Miss) was called back by the replay booth on an unreviewable call.

The call on the field was a TD. Replay overruled on the basis that Hodge stepped out of bounds.

If a WR steps out of bounds, it is an on-the-field discretionary call unreviewable by the booth (like a holding call). The official on the field has full authority to decide whether the player stepped out on his own or was forced. The field ref saw it all, and called a TD. Replay confirmed, showing Hodge being pushed out. But in perfect Doyle Jackson style, replay stepped in and overturned an unreviewable call.

Again, with all this history going his way during the game, why should Miles have been concerned about anything so insignificant as mere “clock management”?

2 Ole Miss touchdowns were questionably reversed that would have put LSU on the ropes in the 1st quarter. Marshay Green’s pick-6 was called back on two flags (1st, a block in the back by a still-unanounced player; 2nd, an unsportsmanlike call for diving in the endzone with an LSU player clinging to Green’s back).

Then, in LSU’s final possession, the officials stopped the clock for 11 seconds without any reason at all to do so after a 3rd down TFL on a bad screen-pass. This was BEFORE the 17 seconds began to tick off on 4th down.

So, Les had every reason to suspect that the officials would come to his rescue again.

Pretty good win for Ole Miss, though, beating both LSU and the SEC home office all during the same game.