SEC acknowledges replay error as Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin fined $25K for retweeting officiating critique - ESPN

The SEC acknowledged Monday that it should have stopped play during the Auburn-Ole Miss game Saturday to review a fourth-quarter kickoff on which it appeared upon replay that Auburn's Shaun Shivers made contact with the football.

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said afterward that referees told him the play was briefly reviewed and upheld, and he later took to social media, where he retweeted a post that called SEC officiating a disgrace.

"Because the play was not appropriately stopped for further review, the necessary slow-motion view of the play was not viewed by the replay official to determine if the ruling on the field should have been reversed," the statement said.

After the game, Kiffin told reporters, "Someone said postgame it looked like his finger definitely moved, but whatever.".

Also SEC: Here's a $25,000 fine, Lane, for correctly pointing out we blew it."