Some college football plays shouldn’t be too difficult to get right on review.
We’re not talking about the ones where a catch is maybe an incompletion or a targeting call that’s just too close to tell. We’re talking about very simple, discernible facts like where someone’s knee touches the ground and where the ball is when it happens.
Technology like pylon cams is supposed to make this easier than ever.
Yet the ACC referees in Saturday’s rivalry game between Miami (FL) and No. 4 Florida State proved even these advancements aren’t enough to make correct calls. In this case it was Miami sacking Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis inside his own endzone. This was an obvious safety that, even upon review, was somehow not award to the Hurricanes.
Take a look for yourself:
This sack of Jordan Travis wasn’t ruled a safety even after a review 🧐pic.twitter.com/6w3VDHb3W0
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) November 11, 2023
Travis was behind the goal line with the ball. It was extremely evident to anyone who watched. Somehow it still wasn’t a safety.
College fans couldn’t believe it.
Miami should be up on FSU 12-10 at halftime. Not 10-10. Canes got robbed of a safety
— Johnson (@johnsonalex_02) November 11, 2023
No doubt that was a safety. No doubt the ACC office didn’t want it to be called one and who the home office wants to win. Credit to the broadcast crew for calling the refs out on such a bad call. #canes #noles #fsu #miami pic.twitter.com/ZJdKDxKZuT
— Brett Hastings (@hitbacklawyer) November 11, 2023
Why have replay officials if they don’t call this a safety? #miami #fsu pic.twitter.com/ODaIaYT3Ds
— Andy Hilger (@ahilger1) November 11, 2023
Clear and obvious safety that should have been two points for Miami. How they couldn't get that right is mystifying. https://t.co/dajxBAQBpt
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) November 11, 2023
How can ACC refs do this safety ( not a safety) twice to Miami! Guy is tackled in the end zone no forward momentum, yet no safety.
— Jonathan Jones (@BonesDynamite) November 11, 2023
