I'm not focusing on it just because it went against us, and I don't think it cost us the game (surely not any more than giving up a kickoff return for a score and an unforced fumble in our own territory did). I posted it because no one in the supposedly pro-ND media is running with the story and otherwise no one else would know about it, and also to emphasize how shady refs have been and continue to be at UM (for no reason I can think of, ND/UM is the only contract I know of in college football where the home team gets to pick the refs). The selection of officials is part of any contract that is signed when teams play OOC games. The teams can stipulate to where the crews come from, leave it up to the home team, seek other conference crews, etc. Smaller schools probably have less say in this. I know the LSU-Washington game was done by Pac-10 refs as LSU allowed that in the contract. So, I don't think ND/UM is the only one. It may be a rare case; that I can't speak. I'm sure it happens sometimes and others not. I don't know the frequency though.