UNC/Pitt crew really earned their paychecks

[chymechowder]

These guys were busy all day. Funny sequence of plays in the first quarter:

UNC has first and goal from the five. They get called for 5 guys in the backfield.

Replay the down. Pass for an apparent TD, but they have the same illegal formation. It was funny--I think the white hat almost couldn't believe a team could do that twice in a row. he was going over it with his wing officials for a while to be sure. but the formation was definitely illegal.

then butch davis is yelling about it. he wants it reviewed. white hat announces that such a call isn't reviewable. (I have no idea what davis wanted reviewed. it wasn't like they busted a wideout for being in "no man's land" when he was supposed to be on. they CLEARLY had 5 guys in the backfield.)

two plays later the white hat and a wing have to confer to determine whether the QB's desperation chuck reached the neutral zone. it hadn't. so we have grounding.

3rd and goal. td pass. the knucklehead receiver punts the ball into the crowd for one of the easier USC calls you'll see..... plus, the replay official wants to look at the catch (call was confirmed).