My initial reaction was the refs should have known he was going to foul in that situation and the only reason it looked worse than it did was because the Ark player tripped over the SH player. I was on SH as well... The more I look at it though, the SH player had a chance to at least make a play on the ball but he clearly just pushed him in the back with both hands. The player should have known better but that goes back to poor coaching. The refs SHOULD have called a common foul but they weren't wrong for calling it a F1.
You can not extend your arms which the SH player did which was a pushing motion it appears worse on slow motion, thus the correct call was made, saw it happen many times on televised games on the SEC network and other FOX1 games. Throwing an elbow out can also be called a flagrant foul whether contact was made or not, it's up to the discretion of the intent by the ref.
