Uh-oh! Less than one week after SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced tougher penalties for coaches who criticize, Florida’s Urban Meyer says that a late hit on Tim Tebow during Saturday’s Cocktail Party occurred directly in front of officials and should have drawn a flag.

After publicly reprimanding three coaches in two weeks—including Lane Kiffin—Slive said last week that he was no longer interested in reprimands, and the league would instead be issuing fines or suspensions instead of reprimands for coaches who publicly criticize officials.

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino was also complaining about a no-call on a late hit (among other things) when he was hit with a reprimand from Slive last month. “Most places that’s a late hit. When they hit you when you’re on the white, that’s supposed to be a late hit, 15-yard penalty. Unfortuantely at Florida, they don’t call it that way,” Petrino said of a no-call on an apparent late hit against Dennis Johnson. Petrino also said “I didn’t think they were good calls,” in reference to a pair of penalties against his team, and later said it was “unfortunate” that “two or three calls” helped change the game.

So, if Petrino is in violation of Bylaw 10.5.4 for his complaint of a no-call on a late hit, isn’t Meyer as well?

Dan Mullen’s reprimand came after he was highly critical of a replay official who failed to overturn a Florida touchdown off an interception. Mullen had called for the replay official to be suspended by the SEC.

And, of course, Kiffin was reprimanded for saying that he opted for a long field goal try against Alabama rather than run another play because he wasn’t going to let the officials “throw another flag” and “steal” the game with a penalty. He also criticized officials for not calling an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Alabama’s Terrance Cody for removing his helmet on the field of play at the end of the game.

So, in review, both Bobby Petrino and Lane Kiffin were reprimanded for a violation of SEC Bylaw 10.5.4 because they complained about no-calls on after-the-play personal fouls against the opposing team. Now we have Meyer doing the same thing.

Granted, Petrino and Kiffin both were a little more vehement about the missed calls than Meyer, but Slive’s oft-cited Bylaw 10.5.4 states that coaches “shall refrain from all public criticism of officials.” By his own choice, Meyer chose to tell reporters that he was sending tape to the SEC because the hit on Tebow occurred in front of the referee and he should’ve made the call, but didn’t. Meyer added that SEC officials need to do a better job of protecting the quarterback.

After Kiffin scoffed at the notion of a reprimand for his comments, Slive decided he was tired of being disrespected and sought (and received) athletic directors’ permission to stop issuing reprimands and start issuing suspensions or fines. He even went so far as to say that there wouldn’t be a reprimand “for the foreseeable future” because he was going to issue the suspensions or fines instead.

Will he do it? Will Slive punish Meyer?

I’m not holding my breath.