The Tennessee Vols' 52-49 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide this past weekend was one of the most exciting college football games I've ever seen.

There was plenty of offense, very few possessions that didn't result in points and a last-second field goal that resulted in one of the wildest celebrations the sport has been.

It was essentially perfect (unless you're an Alabama fan, of course).

There were also a couple of controversial pass interference calls in the game.

One call led to an Alabama touchdown and another prevented an Alabama interception (which likely would've iced the game for the Crimson Tide).

Here's another look at the game-changing pass interference Nick Saban was asked about following Alabama's loss to Tennessee pic.twitter.com/fDFuZkvxPO

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Tennessee called for pass interference on what would've been 4th down for Alabama. pic.twitter.com/U1sgSNYczV

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The pass interference call that went against Alabama and negated the interception was because of an underthrown ball where the receiver had to adjust to try to make the catch.

That pass interference call — because it was on such a big stage — has led to a discussion about whether or not pass interference should stop being called on underthrown passes.

The Athletic's Andy Staples answered a question this week in his weekly mailbag about those types of calls. And while he acknowledged that neither Alabama nor Tennessee typically underthrows a ball on purpose with the intent of getting a pass interference call, he pointed out that it happens a lot in college football.

Staples suggested that pass interference shouldn't be called at all if the ball is underthrown.

From The Athletic:

The quarterback didn’t throw the ball with the intention of the receiver catching it, so why are officials treating it as if he did?

If officials routinely call such passes uncatchable, coaches will stop calling them and quarterbacks will stop throwing them. Quarterbacks would respond to the change by throwing more 50/50 balls along the sideline, which would force the receiver to actually fight the defensive back for the ball instead of creating tape that could be submitted for Emmy consideration.

I think Andy has the right idea with his answer. But I don't think it's something that officials can implement.

Who is supposed to decide whether or not the ball was purposefully underthrown or if it was just a bad throw? Wouldn't it lead to defensive backs just tackling receivers? Or receivers tackling defensive backs to prevent interceptions?

If you think pass interference calls get people heated now, I can only imagine how this type of rule change would have fans feeling.

I wouldn't put it past the NCAA to make a change to the rules, but I tend to think we'll continue to see pass interference called like it was in the Tennessee/Alabama game.

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