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Pac-12 revamps its replay policy, disciplines staffers in wake of USC-Washington State review debacle

The Pac-12 announced Wednesday that conference athletic directors have endorsed changes to the conference’s instant replay procedures following a missed targeting call in last month’s USC-Washington State game that occurred after an unauthorized Pac-12 administrator intervened with conference replay officials to overturn the original penalty.

The conference also said that it will discipline Pac-12 personnel who interfered in the replay review process and those responsible for crafting the procedures that allowed it to happen.

Pac-12 general counsel Woodie Dixon called in to the Pac-12′s replay center in San Francisco during the Sept. 21 game and lobbied replay officials there to overturn what was going to be a targeting call on Washington State’s Logan Tago after a helmet-to-helmet hit on USC quarterback JT Daniels.