Coaches who wear an obscene orange color should learn the rules before they open their mouth. The referees who drew the controversy have drawn a stiff punishment. The situation is over. In the meantime, there are quality controls in place, and I think Commissioner Slive is not only well within his rights to take this unusual step, but is actually right to do so. The proper way to address this is to behave as gentlemen, use the proper reporting methods to address the problem, and not use the referees as an excuse for poor coaching. Lane Kiffin’s comment about the reprimand being a worthless piece of paper did not help matters any either. In the real world, that’s called “insubordination”, and it’s an excellent way to draw the ire of one’s boss or other form of superior.

And not only were they all textbook cases, there were plenty of no-calls that went their way. Lane Kiffin PMS’ing is not cool when there’s absolutely no basis in fact. As for SEC’s officiating, if you want to see truly bad officiating, watch a close Pac-10 game and then get back to me. SEC has overall decent to good officiating.

Slive really stand there and justify suspending a coach for this. If I were a league coach I’d dare him to do it.