It's been touched on elsewhere, but Lane Kiffin is a crybaby. I don't usually resort to ad hominem attacks, but really there's no other way to express it. Here's your quote (from Gentry Estes's Sunday morning blog post):

"Interesting game that way," Kiffin said. "We're the No. 2 team in the country in least penalties out of 120 teams and come down here and have eight enforced penalties and a couple declined, and they have one. We obviously have to do a better job at that when we go on the road in Tuscalooosa.

Interesting indeed. I took the liberty of watching each of those calls, and I bet Coach Kiffin isn't going to like the results.

There were only nine flags on Tennessee - eight enforced and one declined. Here are all nine flags called on Tennessee in Saturday's game:

1. Snap Infraction - Cody Sullins - 5:48 in the First Quarter

On this play, Sullins double pumps the snap. He starts to the QB with the ball, then back to the ground, then back to the QB. It's a textbook "snap infraction".

Verdict: Good Call

2. Pass Interference - Dennis Rogan - 2:10  in the First Quarter

Well, Verne Lundquist calls this one well before the officials point out what's up. Rogan is over Julio Jones's back, and it's pretty clear - even to Gary Danielson. It turns out to be a seven yard penalty and an automatic first down.

Verdict: Good Call

3. Holding - Cody Sullins - 13:32 in the Third Quarter - DECLINED

Sullins tackles Marcel Dareus. Seriously, it was one of the best tackles of the game. It's irrelevant, because Crompton throws incomplete, and Bama declines the penalty to bring up fourth down.

Verdict: Good Call

4. Illegal Block - Denarius Moore  - 13:12 in the Third Quarter

This is an odd penalty. Tennessee is called for an illegal block below the waist on an Alabama return. He takes the legs out from under Chris Rogers who is lead blocking for Javier Arenas on the return. It's really not in question - Danielson points it out to Lundquist - who is still confused, but it's clearly a dangerous dive at Rogers' knees.

Verdict: Good Call

5. Delay of Game - Jonathan Crompton - 4:29 in the Third Quarter

Well, it's not precisely a judgement call. The clock ran out.

Verdict: Good Call

6. False Start - Luke Stocker - 12:27 in the Fourth Quarter

Again, not one generally missed. The tight end pretty clearly moves, and the official blows his whistle as Alabama's Eric Anders points at the offender.

Verdict: Good Call

7. Holding - Cory Sullins - 11:20 in the Fourth Quarter

The other Sullins twin is called for holding (although Luke Stocker gets credit for this one in the official book). Brandon Deaderick is matched up on Sullins, and he winds up on the ground... and Sullins' arms are clearly around him as he lands.

Verdict: Good Call

8. Roughing the Kicker - Chris Donald - 3:43 in the Fourth Quarter

Well, I've heard some Tennessee fans saying that they didn't think this was a foul. He pretty clearly rolls into the leg of Fitzgerald as he dives after the ball. Lundquist and Danielson agree.

However, even if you somehow think it's a bad call, Mark Ingram fumbles on the next play. That nets Tennessee about 20 positive yards from the fair catch to the spot where Ingram fumbles.

Verdict: Good Call (and even if it's bad, it's totally unimportant)

9. False Start - Jacques McClendon - 1:02 in the Fourth Quarter

McClendon moves. There's no question (although Alabama's official book awards this to a Sullins twin again). The only question is whether he was "drawn" by an Alabama player. Deaderick does leap towards the line of scrimmage on the play, and Tennessee clearly thinks that McClendon's movement was a result of this. It does look like Deaderick possibly does get into the neutral zone, but two plays later on second and 15, Crompton connects with Luke Stocker to the 27 yard line. It's unlikely that a pass that depth gets called on 2nd and 10, Kiffin would likely look for something safer... as he does on the next play.

Verdict: Possible Bad Call (and totally irrelevant)

So, two are patently irrelevant (#3 and #8) and another is possibly irrelevant (#9 - which even if you play the straight up numbers game, that kick isn't any closer to being good from 5 yards nearer).

Then, the final gripe - that Terrence Cody should have been called for Unsportsmanlike Conduct. I could dissect this all day long, but Todd at Roll Bama Roll whips out the rule book and handles his business. Late Saturday night, the SEC office released a statement that there weren't mistakes on the play.

Fundamentally, the game was over. And, as a point of clarification, Cody did not "throw" his helmet. He took it off and dropped it as he ran to the sidelines. Is it illegal? Yes. Should there have been a meaningless penalty? If it made Kiffin feel better, possibly - but it didn't hurt Tennessee's competetive situation. That is, Cody removing his helmet after the play didn't result in the block.

And seriously, if it didn't effect the play of the game, crying about it is clearly just sour grapes. Aside from all that, as Todd points out at RBR, the penalty would have been enforced after the change of possession. Alabama would have taken its next snap from the 16 or so. It just doesn't matter.

But still, the griping continues. Kiffin continued to whine on Sunday, and was reprimanded on Monday. Then, Monday night, Ed Orgeron got into it:

"I do know this: there were some very questionable calls in that game that could have went either way and they went Alabama's side. There were very questionable calls throughout the season and it seems they go for the better team. Whether that's true or not, we can never prove that but that's what it seems like."

What calls??? Help me out. Seriously. We have two calls that I can possibly find a gripe with here, and neither had any effect on the outcome of the game. If there are actual complaints about actual calls - and not just idle excuse making - then let's hear them. Otherwise, you just sound like a sore loser.