The SEC acknowledged Monday that it should have stopped play during the Auburn–Ole Miss game Saturday to review a fourth-quarter kickoff on which it appeared upon replay that Auburn’s Shaun Shivers made contact with the football.
Ole Miss led by 1 with 5:43 left when a kickoff appeared to graze Shivers’ finger before it went into the end zone, where the referee ruled a touchback and blew the play dead. Instead of the play resulting in a fumble, Auburn kept possession and went on to score a winning touchdown, dropping Ole Miss to 1-4.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said afterward that referees told him the play was briefly reviewed and upheld, and he later took to social media, where he retweeted a post that called SEC officiating a disgrace.
Hitting retweet will cost the coach $25,000.