SEC Looking into Official Wally Hough

SEC director of officiating Rogers Redding has reportedly brought to commissioner Mike Slive's attention about umpire Wally Hough about questionable calls he has made in two Tennessee football games against Vanderbilt and Alabama., according to Rivals/Vol Quest. Hough is a former University of Florida lineman and once president of the Putnam County Gator Club. In the game at Alabama the Vols were flagged 9 times to the Elephants 1. In the Vanderbilt game, Hough was the ref that threw the flag on Vol DB Anthony Anderson for a phantom pass interference. The play resulted in a UT interception but was nullified by the obviously made-up flag.

Kiffin's comments on the Vandy game penalties: "Then we get a turnover and there’s a pass interference on it. Then we fake a punt and make it and get a hold that’s past the first down. Then we stop them and they punt, we’re in punt-safe and they call us for hitting the center. I asked the refs if they had called that this year and that was the first time they had called it. It was good to see those guys. We’ve had that crew before." (Go Vols Xtra)