SEC ref: ‘I know I made a mistake’

SEC ref: ‘I know I made a mistake’

The passionate Arkansas Razorbacks faithful and vocal Gator haters won’t let up about his call. They’ve dialed his home and office phones. They’ve blitzed him with inflammatory e-mail messages. They’ve accused him of being a crooked ref, a gambler, some even suggesting the bigwigs back at the Southeastern Conference office were behind the controversial fourth-quarter calls — particularly his fourth-quarter call — that factored into Arkansas’ 23-20 loss at No. 1 Florida on Saturday.

Marc Curles, the SEC ref who makes his living as a Birmingham, Ala.-based financial planner, would laugh it all off, all the abuse … if he didn’t hurt so much.

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10/21/09