ACC suspends officials from Miami-Duke game; TD should not have counted
Source: USA Today
Dan Wolken, USA TODAY Sports 1:31 p.m. EST November 1, 2015
The Atlantic Coast Conference acknowledged Sunday that Miami’s kickoff return touchdown to beat Duke 30-27 should not have counted and that officials made four major errors during the last play.
Though the ACC is not overturning the result of the game, the league has suspended both the on-field officiating crew and the two replay booth officials for two games.
“The quality of our officiating program is of the highest importance to the league and its schools, and the last play of the game was not handled appropriately,” Commissioner John Swofford said in a release. “Officiating is an extraordinarily difficult job but our players, coaches, programs and fans deserve the best that can be offered. We will continue to strive to meet that standard."
The ACC determined that a Miami player’s knee was down before releasing one of the eight laterals that allowed the play to happen, which was apparent both on video and in still pictures that were being circulated on social media late Saturday night. The ACC acknowledged that this call should have been overturned.
“If called, this would have ended the game,” the ACC said.
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I watched the knee thing 20 times and there is no certain evidence that the knee was down---in other words---they couldn't overturn it because it wasn't conclusive.
You can see the ball out of the players hand as the knee was touching the ground.
Now I will say that at the beginning a Miami player hit a Duke player in the back---that was obvious as shit---but the refs didn't see it....they did throw a flag at the end saying there was a block in the back---but replays show that wasn't the case.
"The ACC announced Sunday it has suspended the on-field officiating crew as well as the replay official and communicator for two games following errors on the final wild play that gave Miami a 30-27 win over Duke on Saturday. This is how Miami responded on Twitter."
I'm still on cloud nine!
As well as Stanford's trombonist. 
and went to bed thinking the U had won. 
...then I heard the shouting. It was a while before I went to bed.
"The Duck of Death" 
