[jeffpea]

This play calls for exactly what good officials have which, by the way, is not in the rule book........judgement and common sense. Anyone who saw the play can easily see that the inadvertant whistle is what caused the BYU player to leave the bench. The whistle occured during a point of the game when most teams call time-out. There wasn't anything even close to a foul - so that wasn't why the whistle sounded.

An official working at the High D-1 level should have easily resolved this situation w/out a T. Inadvertant whistle prompted player to leave bench. Use judgement and common sense to stop the play, give the ball back to UNM - without penalty to BYU - and continue. It was the correct thing to do. The UNM coach wouldn't want a T on his player if the role is reversed!

I wouldn't want anyone who says this is an automatic T on my crew.