On USC's last drive into ASU territory (on which they failed to score), ASU's safety used his helment to spear USC's Robert Woods while he was falling backwards with the ball. Which was in contrast to the first personal foul called out on TJ McDonald for giving the quarterback a forearm to the chest...not a blow to the head mind you and not a helmet hit, but a forearm to the chest.
On ASU's drive that resulted in its 14 point lead, the officials called a phantom personal foul on TJ McDonald. It was a terrible call made by the field judge deep in the secondary, and it was a late flag. 20 yards away, the field judge had better vision than the side judge who was just a couple of yards from the play? Give me a flipping break.
So what do the officials do, a few plays later? They followed up with a no-call on an obvious late substitution by ASU. That illegal substitution was made obvious, because the guy was running off the field while the ASU players were already lined up on the line of scrimmage.
The last time I saw such bad officiating, was the 2006 Oregon - Oklahoma game where the officials made a series of consecutive errors that changed the outcome of the game...not as bad as that game, but it ranks just below that one.
PS: If it hurts too much, I have good news...The USC Women's Volleyball team beat #1 Cal and #2 Stanford, Friday and Saturday.
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