Florida coach Urban Meyer thinks the
Southeastern Conference was right to suspend an officiating crew
after its second controversial call of the year.

Referee Marc Curles' crew called a personal foul on Arkansas
defensive lineman Malcolm Sheppard in the fourth quarter as the
Gators were rallying for a 23-20 victory last weekend. The league
said there was no video evidence to support the call.

The same group of officials called the LSU-Georgia game earlier
this month, which included a late unsportsmanlike conduct penalty
the league said shouldn't have been called.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive said Wednesday the crew would be
pulled from its next scheduled assignment Oct. 31 and won't work
again until Nov. 14. Bowl assignments could also be impacted.

"If that's the right thing to do, then they did it," Meyer
said Thursday. "I don't know all the ins and outs ... (but) I have
great confidence in the head dog."

Slive said the entire crew shoulders responsibility for each
play, and said the suspension was necessary to maintain
accountability among officials.

"Our institutions expect the highest level of officiating in
all of our sports and it is the duty of the conference office to
uphold that expectation," he said.

SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom said it is the first
time the league has publicly suspended a football crew in this type
of situation, the only decision that Meyer questioned.

"Why would you do that?" he said. "I don't understand that
part."

Also on Thursday, the league said it had reprimanded Arkansas
coach Bobby Petrino for publicly criticizing the officials.