Following Auburn's win over Ole Miss, head coach Gene Chizik was given the opportunity to test the new edict. And he didn't bite.
Reporters questioned the coach about a delay of the game call that went against the Tigers. Wisely, Chizik said absolutely nothing that would send him into a conference-mandated timeout.
"I'm not going to comment on any of the officiating," Chizik said according to the Opelika-Auburn News.
Obviously, a run-of-the-mill delay of game penalty that goes against the team that ultimately wins is not much of a test of the new policy. The true measure of the strength of the virgin directive will come when an emotional, loose-lipped coach -- coughcoughLaneKiffincoughcough -- is on the wrong end of a call that seems to cost his team a win.
That is when the real SEC fun begins. And a whole other can of worms opens up for the conference.
The whole edict from Slive is a joke! He should be worrying about the bad SEC officiating this year instead of focusing on the coaches and harassing them for doing their jobs.