CUSA replay official suspended after bad call in Houston game
Houston was helped by a little home cooking in its victory over Oklahoma State Saturday night:
Conference USA on Monday suspended an instant replay official who overturned a fumble by Houston's Jeron Harvey in the second quarter of the Cougars' game against Oklahoma State this weekend.
Following a challenge by Houston coach Art Briles, the replay official ruled that Harvey's forward progress had been stopped before the ball was stripped by Oklahoma State's Rodrick Johnson and recovered by the Cowboys.
Four plays later, Houston scored on a 27-yard pass from Kevin Kolb to Vincent Marshall to take a 24-17 halftime lead. Houston won 34-25.
The conference said in a news release that the play should not have been subject to review because "a runner's forward progress may only be reviewed to determine whether or not the forward progress results in a first down."
Further, the conference said the ruling on the field was correct.
It sounded like a pretty fishy reversal, but I wasn't at the game.
The widespread use of replay means we're probably going to have some clueless officials making calls. The teams from Oklahoma can certainly attest to that. To his credit, OSU's coach Mike Gundy wasn't blaming the loss on the bad call:
"That's not why we lost the game," Gundy said. "We couldn't stop them and we turned the ball over late. That's why we lost the game."
After others on the Oklahoma State sideline alerted him of the situation, Gundy said he told the officials on the field that the play was not subject to review.
"My only concerning issue is when we're on the field reminding them this is not something that's reviewable and their response is, 'Well, the guy in the booth has the last say,'" Gundy said.
Gundy said he wouldn't necessarily support a system in nonconference games where officials on the field were from one conference and replay officials came the other team's conference, nor did he have an opinion on an unaffiliated replay crew for all games.
He said he thinks the system "puts a lot of pressure on the officials."
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/26/06 08:28 PM | Technorati | Comments (0)
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