Veteran SEC official Ken Williamson has been permanently suspended from officiating conference games, sources tell Yellowhammer News.

The decision to remove the longtime referee comes in the immediate wake of an SEC review of eleven complaints against Williamson and his crew during the Auburn-Georgia game earlier this month. According to sources, nine of those complaints were validated by conference officials.

Yellowhammer News’ requests for comment from the Southeastern Conference went unreturned on Tuesday.

Auburn’s matchup with Georgia included unusually high-profile penalty calls.

Two sequences drew national attention: a late-second-quarter goal-line review that left both fan bases bereft, and a third-quarter sideline exchange in which Georgia coach Kirby Smart appeared to take a t

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