(HT The Dawg)

The Southeastern Conference propaganda machine is in full swing. The Left-wing, drive-by, liberal, Mainstream Sports Media is touting the manufactured Florida and Alabama as the game of the year. The “botched” calls that propelled these teams to the SEC-CG are becoming a distant memory as Tim Tebow, Nick Saban and Herban Meyer are being welcomed like a “rock star”. Man oh man. As if people buying into the b.s. explanations out of Birmingham. They got away with it so they are using the technique again. SEC Football is totally manufactured now. I guarantee you Tebow, Nick Saban and Herban Meyer are NOT a rock stars at places not named T-Town and Gunsville. Anyone who thinks otherwise is mistaken.

Don’t doubt me, BCS bowl money is big time.  Men have been killed for 5 dollars for less…. When the reward is $34 million to the conference the conspiracy to make sure two teams are in the BCS is very plausible, I’m not saying ‘they’ planned on these two (UF/SPUAT) teams but these are the two in position to make it there, there’s an unavoidable conflict of interest with the refs being hired by the conferences. They might not have been told “Fix this game for Florida”, but these refs know in the back of their minds that a call against Florida could come back to bite them in the ass if it keeps Florida out of the BCS Championship Game.

I didn’t know how wide and deep this conspiracy is within the SEC. Did you know that Dick Burleson was the replay booth communicator at the MSU-UF Game?

Dan Dembinski was listed as the replay official in the game, with Dick Burleson as the replay booth communicator. Orlando Sentinel – Dan Mullen criticizes SEC refs, blasts replay official in Gators game by Andrea Adelson

Full Statement from the SEC:

1- The instant replay booth has three people inside, only one of which is the replay official and has any decision-making authority or role. This person makes the decision on any play under review. This position is not allowed to be a graduate of any of the participating schools in the game, just like the on-field officials. The instant replay official in this game was Gerald Hodges, who is not a graduate of either Alabama or LSU due to this policy.

2- The specific gentleman in the booth you inquired about served as the “communicator” in the Alabama-LSU game, not the replay official, which is clearly outlined on the flip card for the game. However, contrary to some false information out there, he is not a graduate of any SEC school. When he was an on-field official for many years, he was able to officiate any game in the SEC, including LSU and Alabama games, because of that fact.

3- Our officiating and replay rules and manuals are not for public dissemination, however, we do address things such as “the alma-mater” rule and where someone did or did not attend school when necessary to clear up any misunderstandings, which are quite common when an official’s name gets put out there and internet message board rumors begin.

From TigerDroppings.com:

Although the replay official for the LSU-Alabama game was Gerald Hodges, the “replay supervisor” for the LSU-Alabama game was a man named Dick Burleson, according to Alabama sports talk radio host Paul Finebaum. 11-9-2009: Hour 1 The SEC has confirmed Burleson (a Georgia Tech Alum) being in the replay booth. Point of order on the “the alma-mater” rule: Georgia Tech was an SEC School until 1964.

According to Finebaum, Burleson was in the instant replay booth for the LSU-Alabama game. The replay supervisor has the ability to give “advice” about calls involving instant replay. Quoted directly from Mr. Burleson’s website … “He is now an SEC staff advisor on officiating and evaluates officials performance each Saturday from the press box and assists with instant replay.” Also, another quote taken directly from his website … “He is a native of Alabama and was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame.” Mr. Burleson is same man that wrote a book about his time as an official that was named after something his good friend Bear Bryant supposedly said to him during a game … “You Better Be Right.” Mr. Burleson lives in Blount County, Alabama and often speaks at Alabama booster club meetings, as well as other speaking engagements around the country, and is compensated for those speaking engagements.

So should any person that receives money to speak at a booster club be allowed to make decisions on  a game that involves that booster club’s team?

Mr. Burleson’s official website (oddly is no longer operational)
http://www.dickburleson.com/index.html

Oh?  That link to Mr. Burleson’s website is broken?  No way, it can’t be.

Thank the heavens for Google Cache, it  breathes life into “404″ websites.  Here is a quote right off of his page “you don’t know what you can get away with until you try”!  No kidding!!