Tar Heel Blog · Oct 20, 2015
ACC Stands Behind Phantom Fair Catch Call
An "invaild signal" according to the ACC - Paul Adams (via YouTube)ACC says Switzer flagged after giving an "invalid signal".
Alternate title: Why are we still talking about this?
The ACC league office on Monday defended its officials' actions in Saturday night's UNC-Wake Forest game in which a Ryan Switzer punt return was blown dead after officials thought he called for a fair catch but replays showed he clearly did not even come close to doing so.
The ACC stood by the call Monday, saying the decision to blow the play dead came because Switzer gave an “invalid signal” before his return – and not because the official thought Switzer had given a fair catch signal.