Josh Pate says the quiet part out loud after Georgia's win vs. Auburn

Georgia’s week seven win over Auburn had more controversy than any other game so far this season. All of this controversy left fans begging for some explanations from the officials because there were far too many decisions they made that no one could explain.

But those explanations unfortunately won’t be coming, and On3’s Josh Pate explained the frustrations that creates to perfection.

Josh Pate believes officials should be held more accountable

Players and coaches have to answer to reporters immediately after every game. For better or worse that is how things work in college football, but a lot of times that leads to great explanations for what just took place during a game.

Officials however don’t have to speak to anyone. After a game ends they get to run off to their locker room and not have defend themselves against any mistakes they may have made, and that doesn’t seem fair.

Coaches and players alike are grilled after every game, usually about their worst moments. If a coach makes a bad play call or a player makes a big mistake they have to answer for it in their presss conference. But officials get off easy. They can make as many mistakes as they want knowing they’ll never have to defend themselves against anyone.

No one expects officials to be perfect. They will make mistakes and it is understandable to a certain extent. But at the same time when things go terribly wrong (like it did during Georgia’s matchup against Auburn) they should be required to at least share their persepctive. This would allow fans to at least get some closure and understand what the officials saw even if they made the wrong call.

It’s unlikely that anything is going to change, but officials are becoming a big problem in college football. And while they’ll always make mistakes, if they were forced to publicly defend themselves maybe it would lead to them making less mistakes.