The Pac-12 conference was officiating the UCLA-Hawaii so you would think that they would be trying to protect those players. You would have thought wrong as they are admitting to making a pretty egregious mistake that has to do with this hit:
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It took a full two days for the conference to admit the mistake:
The Pac-12 has acknowledged its error in not calling targeting on Hawaii on the play that led to head trauma against UCLA's Kenny Young.
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) September 12, 2017
Not only did the officiating crew review the play and let Hawaii tight end Metuisela Unga get away with the targeting hit, but the whole play was described incorrectly as well.
Pac-12 also says David Coleman, director of officiating, erroneously described the play during the game broadcast.
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) September 12, 2017
It looks like this kind of poor officiating could cost the crew down the road though so they aren't getting off the hook completely.
Pac-12 officials are graded every game and being downgraded could impact future game assignments.
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) September 12, 2017
UCLA won the game 56-23 and will head to Memphis next week to play the Tigers.
