Referee makes inexcusable mistake in Tennessee Vols' win against UTSA
The Tennessee Vols haven't been getting much help from officiating crews lately. Officials missed several calls against the Vols in their loss to Florida (though that's not why Tennessee lost) and then they missed a blatant facemask on Saturday where UT true freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava had his head twisted completely around while in direct […]
The Tennessee Vols haven't been getting much help from officiating crews lately.
Officials missed several calls against the Vols in their loss to Florida (though that's not why Tennessee lost) and then they missed a blatant facemask on Saturday where UT true freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava had his head twisted completely around while in direct eyesight of an official.
Here's the play (along with Joe Milton's reaction to the missed call).
There's simply no excuse for that called to be missed — especially when the umpire had the best view in the stadium of the penalty.
After the way things went last week, it's understandable if Vols head coach Josh Heupel has a few complaints about officiating that he'd like to share.
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