Is Florida Beating The Odds In The Officiating Area?

Posted by William Hahn on October-30-2009 Add Comments

The odds of being struck by lightning are 700,000 to one (National Weather Service). The odds of winning the Mega Millions lottery are 135,145,920 to one (MSN Money). 

What are the odds that one college football team is the beneficiary of game-changing officiating gaffes in three consecutive games?  

To consider this question, three critical calls made in games involving Florida during the last three weeks are reviewed.

The first is an uncalled offensive pass interference penalty. This happened with 0:50 to go in the first half of the Florida-LSU game on October 10th with the score tied 3-3.

The replay appears to show a Florida receiver grabbing the jersey of an LSU defender. This jersey tug appears to slo...

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