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[QUOTE="JoeSU, post: 5486100, member: 309"]
I'm not sure which conference the officiating crew was from, but overall, I thought they did a fair & balanced job. For the record, SU was flagged 4 times for 30 yds, while Tenn. was 7/65.

Just a couple of general observations:

Unlike many games last season, it was good to see Syracuse manage to avoid shooting itself in the foot with a myriad of unforced penalties and dumb personal foul-type infractions. This is particularly noteworthy, considering we had so many new players on the field together for the first time.

The one exception that sticks in my craw was the illegal procedure call on our first drive, which was a real momentum swing.  After the SU D stiffened and held the Vols to a FG on their opening possession, our offense was driving, and the illegal procedure penalty killed a first down completion well into Tenn. territory.  The refs claimed we had 2 men moving, but other than one of the WRs shuffling his feet while standing in place, both players who had been in motion seemed set for 1-2 secs. Maybe this is the correct call, but the drive stalled, and instead of being 7-7 or 7-3, we soon found ourselves down 14-0.

The announcers made a bid deal when Samuel went down, calling it a "suspicious" injury stoppage. There were numerous similar situations the rest of the game (perhaps cramps playing indoors?), but the announcers never questioned the Vol players who went down under similar circumstances.
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