The SEC acknowledged Monday that it ought to have stopped play to assessment a fourth-quarter kickoff throughout the Auburn–Ole Miss sport Saturday that appeared to indicate Auburn’s Shaun Shivers make contact with the soccer.
Ole Miss led by 1 with 5:43 left when a kickoff appeared to graze Shivers’ finger earlier than it went into the top zone, the place the referee dominated a touchback and blew the play useless. As a substitute of the play leading to a fumble, Auburn stored possession and went on to attain a winning touchdown on the drive, dropping Ole Miss to 1-4.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin mentioned afterward that referees advised him the play was briefly reviewed and upheld, and he later took to social media the place he retweeted a publish that known as SEC officiating a shame.
Hitting retweet will value the coach $25,000.
Based on a press release launched Monday, Kiffin’s high quality was for “his use of social media Saturday after the sport made in violation of SEC Bylaw 10.5.”
The bylaw states, partly, that “Criticism of officers or the officiating program by institutional personnel is totally prohibited” and feedback on officiating “are to be directed solely to the Convention workplace.”
The SEC did acknowledge that additional assessment of the play was warranted.
“As a result of the play was not appropriately stopped for additional assessment, the required slow-motion view of the play was not seen by the replay official to find out if the ruling on the sphere ought to have been reversed,” the assertion mentioned.
After the sport, Kiffin advised reporters, “Somebody mentioned postgame it seemed like his finger undoubtedly moved, however no matter.”
On Monday, Kiffin mentioned, “everyone within the nation might see it hit him.”
“I requested the facet choose,’ Why aren’t they replaying it? Do I have to problem it?’ He mentioned, ‘They’ve already checked out it. There’s nothing there,'” Kiffin mentioned. “I am not allowed to say something in regards to the dialog, however I actually want that our followers and gamers might hear what I used to be advised.”
Kiffin took to social media once more after information of the high quality, this time retweeting a reporter for The Athletic, who wrote, “Lane Kiffin: Replay blew it
SEC: Replay blew it
Additionally SEC: Here is a $25,000 high quality, Lane, for accurately stating we blew it.”
Lane Kiffin: Replay blew it
SEC: Replay blew it
Additionally SEC: Here is a $25,000 high quality, Lane, for accurately stating we blew it.
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) October 26, 2020
Ole Miss will go on the highway to play Vanderbilt on Saturday.