We're walking on uncharted waters.

The media would have exposed it, and the fans would have eaten him alive. I just decided that was not a fair thing for him. He's a great official. He will continue to have a great career, like he has in the past. He's been ranked the No. 1 side judge (in the SEC) the last seven or eight years.

We could have passed a hat around the stadium and gotten our money back (to pay for the cost of replay).

Actually, our goal is to have no plays overturned by instant replay.

[I posed this question yesterday to Bobby Gaston , the Southeastern Conference Supervisor of Officials.] No, ... I guess they don't.

If we'd passed a hat around the stadium we would have gotten our money back.

We got it right. That's what it's all about.