Overview
- Auburn’s 20-10 loss to Georgia featured a fourth‑quarter play stopped when officials ruled Kirby Smart had called timeout, then restored the timeout and reset the play clock.
- Smart maintains he did not request a timeout and says he alerted officials to illegal defensive clapping, adding he has not heard from the SEC office about the sequence.
- Hugh Freeze says he spoke with commissioner Greg Sankey and officiating chief John McDaid, arguing repeated calls are hurting Auburn’s record.
- Auburn AD John Cohen describes frequent outreach to the league for explanations and says the program had not received feedback yet on multiple Georgia game reviews, including a goal‑line fumble upheld after a lengthy review.
- The SEC has not publicly addressed the Georgia‑Auburn rulings to date, though it previously acknowledged an officiating error in Auburn’s game against Oklahoma involving an illegal ‘hideout’ tactic.