no, you're right, they do. that's a no-call. he wasn't trying to make contact, he was going for the ball and the usc player got in the way. No, that's PI. The DB bumped the receiver and interfered with the receiver's ability to catch the ball. That's what is called pass interference. nope. that's called incidental contact when both players are going for the ball. DB bumps WR off his route. The bump prevents WR from catching the ball. That's PI. If it would have been the other way around - USC DB bumping an Illinois WR, you wouldn't be saying anything right now. the only reason he was bumped is because the illinois player was going for the ball....a bs call that really screwed illinois. It's still a bump - which you just admitted it was - and the referees are going to call that. Stop talking like Illinois got screwed over. They didn't. right, he bumped the usc player when making an attempt at catching the ball...completely legal....where i come from when you don't do something illegal in a football game, you shouldn't be penalized for it.