I hear a lot of whining about "Bama Bumps, Bama Bias, SEC Office in Bammerham, etc, but these numbers show excactly, imo, the opposite.
Do these rankings show offciating bias, either overt or subliminal, incompetence, or just nothing at all?
BAMA OPPONENT PENALTIES PER GAME
2017 - Currently 127 out of 130
2016 - Dead Last 128 of 128 (Clemson #4)
2015 - 54 out of 128
2014 - 125 of 128
2013 - 65 of 125
2012 - 110 of 124
2011 - 114 of 120
2010 - 76 of 120
You would think that better teams, for the most part, have better athletes playing with higher degrees of discipline, right? Which should lead to forcing teams into more penalties, especially of the holding / interfering type? But these numbers, from www.teamrankings.com show Bama in the top 50 percentile of opposition penalties only once in the last 8 years! Three of the last 4 are in the BOTTOM 5%, and 5 of the last 7 years in the bottom 10%.
A year or two is just data - but does 8 years of consistent numbers not illustrate a pattern? I remember a few years ago there was a stretch where Bama went something like 9 or 10 games without a single holding call on the opposition. Also I have heard an official essentially say, without using specifics, that flags should have flown on those pick plays resulting in 2 Clemson TDs and thereby costing Bama a National Championship.
Thoughts?
Do these rankings show offciating bias, either overt or subliminal, incompetence, or just nothing at all?
BAMA OPPONENT PENALTIES PER GAME
2017 - Currently 127 out of 130
2016 - Dead Last 128 of 128 (Clemson #4)
2015 - 54 out of 128
2014 - 125 of 128
2013 - 65 of 125
2012 - 110 of 124
2011 - 114 of 120
2010 - 76 of 120
You would think that better teams, for the most part, have better athletes playing with higher degrees of discipline, right? Which should lead to forcing teams into more penalties, especially of the holding / interfering type? But these numbers, from www.teamrankings.com show Bama in the top 50 percentile of opposition penalties only once in the last 8 years! Three of the last 4 are in the BOTTOM 5%, and 5 of the last 7 years in the bottom 10%.
A year or two is just data - but does 8 years of consistent numbers not illustrate a pattern? I remember a few years ago there was a stretch where Bama went something like 9 or 10 games without a single holding call on the opposition. Also I have heard an official essentially say, without using specifics, that flags should have flown on those pick plays resulting in 2 Clemson TDs and thereby costing Bama a National Championship.
Thoughts?
