No no. Not from a few years ago, and I heartily admit that I can’t remember the game. However, was the knee down issue “making it up” for the five pass interference calls that shouldn’t have been made? I don’t know. I’m jaded by the NCAA as a former student-athlete so I trust nobody that answers to them, refs included.
Interesting point, and if it was, it was a really bad career move. Something else: in your experience, you know that ref human nature indicates they are hesitant to keep calling the same thing over and over...and players know that and will push that....that's what Miami's DBs, who pride themselves on pushing the envelope anyway...were doing. The key in college is do you turn your head to see the pass. They never did, with one exception, but in that one the contact was beyond dispute.