We’re now past the one-month mark since Washington State and USC played in a Friday night game that’s fallout won’t go away. Twice in the game, once late during Washington State’s final drive and earlier as JT Daniels took a knee after a botched snap, officials were caught in a targeting mess. Those two calls have unfurled into accusations of bias, the revelation that the replay process included the Pac-12 head of football, a bunch of angry text messages between Mike Leach and commissioner Larry Scott, and, now, a change in protocol and some kind of discipline.
Officiating is about perception, and the Pac-12 continues to bungle its handling of a game that happened a month ago.
