BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Texas A&M and Missouri's arrival to SEC football this fall doesn't only impact teams and fans. It causes adjustments to officiating, too.

The SEC added a ninth crew for 2012, drawing several new officials from the Big 12 -- the old home of Texas A&M and Missouri -- and also from Conference USA and the Sun Belt. SEC coordinator of officials Steve Shaw said the conference typically looks for the best officials who live in the SEC's geographic footprint.

"There are obviously a number of good officials in Missouri and Texas," Shaw said.

Four SEC officials from 2011 -- three active and one working instant replay -- won't return due to performance or retirement, Shaw said. The SEC had four officials depart when Shaw took over following the 2010 season.

Shaw said he wants to continue to incrementally make SEC officiating more transparent, within reason. He is considering providing a midseason review on the SEC Digital Network of some correct and incorrect calls from that season.

"That's kind of the next phase," Shaw said. "I'd like to do that. As you know, these plays are so important to the fans that sometimes a midseason point might not be the right time. But we do that for the officials every week. We have the material."

Shaw believes critiquing calls publicly would require discussing mistakes for credibility purposes.

"We do have incorrect calls," he said. "I can assure you from the conference perspective those are not ignored or washed over. They're dealt with harshly and deeply at times. But how do we do this with the fans?"

On NFL games, Fox Sports uses ex-NFL head of officials Mike Pereira to analyze officiating decisions. Last season in college football, each conference attempted to place someone with officiating knowledge in the TV booth of every bowl game.

TV producers had access during SEC games last year to Shaw from the league's command center to clarify rules. When LSU punter Brad Wing received a controversial unsportsmanlike conduct that negated a touchdown, the SEC quickly made a statement to CBS about the rule.

"The announcers can make their own decision whether they like the call or not, but at least they had the rules knowledge," Shaw said. "We're not doing that necessarily for entertainment value. I think sometimes the Mike Pereira thing is for entertainment. But I am very interested in making sure everybody understands the rules and the parameters of why we made a call."

The SEC put out written statements after some games explaining calls. Shaw's goal is to address as many issues by Sunday morning, something he said the SEC didn't properly do to explain Eric Reid's interception in LSU's win over Alabama.

Instant replay ruled Alabama tight end Michael Williams did not maintain possession of a pass all the way to the ground, and Reid had wrested control of the ball. Shaw said he thought there wouldn't be a public uproar because the video was conclusive.

"What we got Monday was this big flood from fans and blogs and other sources that they couldn't understand why we made it an interception," said Shaw, who put out a statement by Monday evening. "The reality today is if there's misinformation, it's permeated so fast that people can believe they were wronged in a situation."

Texas A&M and Missouri also bring up-tempo offenses for SEC officials to handle. Shaw visited both schools this spring, in part to become familiar with the stadiums. He said SEC officials, having worked past up-tempo games with Auburn and Oregon, are ready for the pace.

Officials practiced a lot this spring on dealing with substitutions before spotting the ball for play, Shaw said. Defenses must have time to substitute if the offense also changes players.

"If you don't substitute, it's definitely a pretty quick tempo and there's clearly opportunity on our play clock to snap it before 10 seconds have expired," Shaw said. "We're going to be crisp but not hurried (in spotting the ball)."

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