My sophomore year.
-The Tennessee game was obviously fixed by the SEC crew. Has anyone ever seen a penalty for illegal uniform(!!) since then? And then the phantom PI in the end zone when the closest ref is signalling incomplete. I hit one of the refs in the back with a cup of ice as they left the field.
-I was only a soph and wasn't familiar enough with P yet. I thought we'd win at NC State. Silly me.
-Miami game was probably the loudest I ever heard the Dome. There was like no room to move or sit. We would have crushed any team in the country that day.
-McNabb was just masterful all season. Really an indictment on P that he didn't get invited to the Heisman ceremony.
Agree with your highlighted sentence above, but funny you should ask that question.
A couple of years ago I was watching college football after our game. Don't even recollect who was playing but it was an afternoon game between two ranked teams. Lo and behold, the refs throw a flag for a uniform violation -- made me sit up in my chair [it wasn't the pants below the knee thing that we got flagged for a couple of times].
The announcers ridiculed the call while the refs tried to explain it to one of the head coaches, who could be seen mouthing, "That's bullsh--" over and over again, as he loudly protested.
It's the only time I've ever seen that call made in 20+ years since that game... and we had it called against us at least twice, and I believe three times against Tennessee.
We got screwed by an SEC officiating crew, blatantly making calls in favor of the team from their conference.