Pac-10 Suspends Officiating Crew One Week
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Pac-10 apologizes; officials suspended, result stands: The fallout from controversial officiating and instant replay decisions in Saturday's college football game between Oklahoma and Oregon continued Monday when the Pacific-10 Conference suspended for one game the field officials and instant replay crew and apologized to the Sooners. Oregon won 34-33 after scoring two touchdowns late in fourth quarter. After the first score, Oregon recovered an onside kick, leading to the winning touchdown. The Pac-10 acknowledged Monday that the kick was touched by an Oregon player before it traveled the required 10 yards, so the ball should have been awarded to Oklahoma. The video also shows an Oklahoma player recovered the ball, although that part of the play was not reviewable under the instant replay rule. The kick had been reviewed by the instant replay officials, who concurred with the field officials. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops also questioned a pass interference call on the subsequent drive. Stoops said he believes Oklahoma defensive end C.J. Ah You deflected the pass that resulted in the penalty. If the ball was tipped, the penalty would have been negated. The replay officials ruled that there was not indisputable video evidence the ball had been tipped. "Errors clearly were made and not corrected, and for that we apologize to the University of Oklahoma, Coach Stoops and his players," Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen said in a statement. Earlier Monday, Oklahoma President David Boren sent a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg, asking him to push for the game to be stricken from the record books and having the officials suspended for the rest of the season. "There is no provision under NCAA or conference rules for a game result to be reversed or changed as a result of officiating errors, nor do I believe there should be," Weiberg said in a statement. (USA Today)
Pac-10 apologizes; officials suspended, result stands: The fallout from controversial officiating and instant replay decisions in Saturday's college football game between Oklahoma and Oregon continued Monday when the Pacific-10 Conference suspended for one game the field officials and instant replay crew and apologized to the Sooners. Oregon won 34-33 after scoring two touchdowns late in fourth quarter. After the first score, Oregon recovered an onside kick, leading to the winning touchdown. The Pac-10 acknowledged Monday that the kick was touched by an Oregon player before it traveled the required 10 yards, so the ball should have been awarded to Oklahoma. The video also shows an Oklahoma player recovered the ball, although that part of the play was not reviewable under the instant replay rule. The kick had been reviewed by the instant replay officials, who concurred with the field officials. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops also questioned a pass interference call on the subsequent drive. Stoops said he believes Oklahoma defensive end C.J. Ah You deflected the pass that resulted in the penalty. If the ball was tipped, the penalty would have been negated. The replay officials ruled that there was not indisputable video evidence the ball had been tipped. "Errors clearly were made and not corrected, and for that we apologize to the University of Oklahoma, Coach Stoops and his players," Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen said in a statement. Earlier Monday, Oklahoma President David Boren sent a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg, asking him to push for the game to be stricken from the record books and having the officials suspended for the rest of the season. "There is no provision under NCAA or conference rules for a game result to be reversed or changed as a result of officiating errors, nor do I believe there should be," Weiberg said in a statement. (USA Today)
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