The fallout from this past Saturday’s latest Pac-12 refs horror show is still emerging. On Saturday evening during the USC-Arizona game, USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn offered an initial reaction to the mess just before halftime, but not in any spoken words. Bohn retweeted several tweets from journalists who were eviscerating the officiating crew. We were all doing that. Bohn indirectly but very clearly joined the parade.
If you were sifting through the various reactions and comments Bohn retweeted, one of them stands out in Jon Wilner’s reportage from the past few days.
Here are Jon Wilner’s notes on USC and Utah from the past week of Pac-12 football, including the retweets of others’ comments on Pac-12 refs:
3. Utah (6-2/4-1)
Last week: 4
Result: won at Washington State 21-17
Next up: vs. Arizona (4:30 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks)
Not only was Utah’s win over USC the most riveting game of the conference season, it was the most punishing. A slew of starters from both teams were unable to play last Thursday (Utah) and Saturday (USC) — and that’s with an extra week of rest.
4. USC (7-1/5-1)
Last week: 3
Result: won at Arizona 45-37
Next up: vs. Cal (7:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Athletic director Mike Bohn didn’t hide his displeasure with the officiating at the end of the first half in Tucson, re-tweeting comments that were extremely critical, including: “I don’t know what was going on with the #Pac12 refs there, but again I think it is incompetence and not bias.” (We agree, by the way: There’s no bias.)
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