I went back and watched Mile Pereira's comments from the NFL Network on NFL.com. I'm paraphrasing here but the topic for this week was indeed all from the Ravens-Pats game-
Topic 1- Coaches calling time-out. HC or player is
supposed to be the only one to call a TO. However, the NFL has a policy of
last second request which concedes that an official can not look to see who is calling a TO at the last moment before a snap and therefore lets anyone on the sideline ask an official for a TO. He did state this rule may need "tweaking".
This theory is the exact opposite of what we are taught as Fed officials, which is when the snap is imminent, we are NOT to look away to discern who is calling a timeout or kill it.
Topic 2- Winborn Hold - In opposition to the "let'em play" theory, he said that the preferred course is to call the game at the end like you would at the beginning. The hold was still on 10 yards from the LOS and thus needed to be called.
opic 3- Gaffney Catch - He notes that the palms come off the ball but never the fingers. That in a play such as this, the referee is probably going to have to stick with whatever call was originally made by the covering official.
Topic 4- Ravens aftermath - He did not discuss the two USC's on Scott so to me, apparently, this is a non-issue. He did comment on the post-game comments by Rolle that the HL used a slur. He said that the reports he received have differed from what the Ravens players have reported and that he is in the process of gathering all the info to pass on up to whoever is going to make decisions on the issue. He did state that the officials are instructed that they need to
be professional and try to walk away from these things but at some point IT IS DIFFICULT.
As for ejections, I believe the NCAA allows for the ejection of players but not coaches. Our college friends can correct me but I thought I was told or read somewhere that a college coach can dog-cuss you all day long and its only going to get him USC's.
According to the NFL's on line digest of rules, USC
can be an ejection if flagrant. The only automatic ejections are for swinging a helmet as a weapon and striking/intentional shoving of a game official.
http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/penaltysummaries
While Scott's act was certainly flagrant, I guess the official deemed 30 yards of penalties sufficient AND considering the Pats scored and Scott was probably not coming back on the field anyway.