An ESPN report says that the officiating crew from the Music City Bowl received harassing and threatening phone calls after several controversial calls, including the ejection of running back Benny Snell.
The report, citing unnamed sources, said that head official Chris Coyte received a “barrage of threatening calls to his cell and office phones,” as did the commercial real estate association he belongs to.
The story goes on to say that Coyte and his fellow Pac-12 officials who called the Music City Bowl received an escort leaving the stadium and to the airport, according to the Pac-12.