During Thursday's ESPN broadcast of "The Pat McAfee Show," ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit reacted to the Yellowhammer News report that SEC referee Ken Williamson had been " permanently suspended from officiating conference games."

The suspension reportedly followed an SEC review, during which the conference deemed nine of 11 complaints against Williamson and his crew in the Auburn-Georgia game earlier this month valid.

Herbstreit acknowledged that he was "pro-referee," but called the SEC's decision "an eye-opener." He added that he was "interested" to see what holding the official accountable would lead to.

"I hate blaming referees or umpires per game. But with that being said, I do think that if a guy has consistently had rough outings where a league or a conference h

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