So there's a brewing controversy from this game.  Here's the video:

There's alot going on here.  The ball bounces at about the 3 yard line, but it bounces away to the 7 where it is touched and killed by a player.  The referee throws the beanbag  and then signals for timeout (which means, I have to assume, he blew his whistle.)  But a Memphis State player swoops in and scoops up the ball and runs for a 93 yard TD.

I've reached out to a buddy who referees college football.  But, if the referee DID blow his whistle, the ball is either dead because the Cowbells player killed it or, because after he killed it, he didn't pick it up and it was laying there and the Memphis State player did the right thing.  But then, its an inadvertant whistle.  You can't, as a referee, go, "Who me?  No that wasn't me."  

The website I found covering this play is a blog that seems to focus on bad refereeing.  In the article, they reference Oregon cheating Ohio State.  I didn't click the site, because I have no desire to pick that scab, although I'm guessing its the non-targeting call.  

Part of me laughs because well, its the SEC. that got fucked.  But, as a former referee, I hate when I see college and pro officials do something that I would've gotten fired for as a high school official.  Admittedly, I reffed basketball, not football.  But, still, I'm shaking my head.