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HEY EVERYONE WELCOME INTO SPORTS… WELL I OPENED MY EMAIL THIS MORNING… AROUND ONE O CLOCK… AND I HAD A NOTE FROM THE S-E-C STATING THAT A HEAD COACH HAD BEEN REPRIMANDED… /// AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER… A GOT ANOTHER EMAIL… FROM THE SAME S-E-C OFFICE… SAYING THAT ANOTHER HEAD COACH… HAD ALSO… BEEN REPRIMANDED…. NOW THE OFFICIATING IN CONFERENCE GAMES THIS YEAR HAS BROUGHT ON A LOT OF CONTROVERSY… BUT TODAY THE HAMMER FELL ON LANE KIFFIN AND DAN MULLEN… ///

AND WE START WITH THE TENNESSEE HEAD COACH… WHO RIPPED THE OFFICIALS AFTER NO PENALTY WAS CALLED WHEN ALABAMA’S TERRENCE CODY REMOVED HIS HELMET IN THE LAST PLAY OF THEIR GAME SATURDAY… BY RULE… THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN AUTOMATIC UNPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT PENALTY… THIS IS KIFFIN’S SECOND REPRIMAND… A THIRD… COULD MEAN A SUSPENSION ///

AS FOR MULLEN… AFTER MISSISSIPPI STATE’S GAME WITH FLORIDA… HE SAID THE S-E-C’S REPLAY OFFICIAL SHOULD BE BEEN SUSPENDED AFTER HE FAILED TO OVERTURN THIS INTERCEPTION RETURN FROM THE GATOR’S DUSTIN DOE… /// THE PUBLIC REPRIMAND’S BY THE WAY COME DIRECTLY FROM THE DESK OF S-E-C COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE… ///

MEANWHILE… AUBURN RUNNING BACK ERIC SMITH WAS GRANTED YOUTHFUL OFFENDER STATUS TODAY IN A CASE OF ASSAULT CHARGES… THE INCIDENT DATES BACK TO A FIGHT OUTSIDE AN AUBURN HOTEL IN AUGUST… THE STATUS EFFECTIVELY SEALS THE CASE AND IS USUALLY GRANTED TO THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO CRIMINAL RECORD… ///

AND FINALLY… A PAIR OF TIDE PLAYERS WERE NAMED S-E-C PLAYERS OF THE WEEK TODAY… THE AFOREMENTIONED TERRENCE CODY WAS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK… AFTER BLOCKING TWO TENNESSEE FIELD GOALS… AND THE CONFERENCE’S SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK WAS LEIGH TIFFIN… WHO HAD FOUR FIELD GOALS IN ALABMA’S VICTORY OVER THE VOLS…

AND THAT’LL DO IT… I’M ADAM BAGNI… HOPE YOU JOIN ME AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT… GUYS