We’ve seen a lot of examples lately of the mistreatment of referees during football games, but it sounds like there was a prominent example of an official misbehaving on Saturday.
Top junior college program East Mississippi — the same juco where current Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly attended — faced Itawamba and was beating them pretty badly when things got weird.
East Mississippi coach Buddy Stephens apparently was not happy with the officiating and was punched by a referee, who was ejected by a school administrator. Reporter Brandon Shields provided the details on the story:
Buddy Stephens is not happy at the moment at refs
— Brandon Shields (@bshields0244) September 26, 2015
One of the referees just got escorted out of the stadium
— Brandon Shields (@bshields0244) September 26, 2015
The official who punched Stephens was ejected by an administrator, according to Shields.