USC loses to Utah as Pac-12 football officiating rears its ugly head
How bad were the officials?
FOX college football analyst Brock Huard was openly questioning them on the national broadcast
WYATT ALLSUP, SALT LAKE CITY - Here we go again.
In what should have been a celebration of two really talented Pac-12 football teams playing a highly entertaining game on Saturday night in Salt Lake City, much of the focus the morning after is on the poor officiating.
No. 7 USC lost 43-42 to No. 20 Utah in what was — at best — an embarrassing performance by the officials.
The Pac-12 is already the least relevant Power Five conference - there's a reason why USC and UCLA are leaving - and prime-time national television performances like this just deepen that perception.
How bad were the officials? FOX college football analyst Brock Huard was openly questioning the officials on the national broadcast all game.
Arguably the worst call of the game - and the one that significantly altered the game - was the roughing the passer call on Stanley Ta’ufo’ou late in the first quarter. The Trojans were leading 14-0 and threatening to run away with the game. Utah quarterback Cam Rising threw a jump ball into the end zone on a third-and-long, and Calen Bullock came up with an interception.
The Trojans should've had the ball on the 20-yard line, leading 14-0. Instead, the officials called roughing the passer, giving Utah a first down on the 12-yard line. They scored on the next play.
What was Huard's reaction to the call on national television? "Get out of here. Get out of here! He doesn't drive him into the ground, he doesn't hit him in the head. He pushes him in the back. What are we doing here.
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his bad
Worse than menudo.