I rewatched the game this morning. The first PI against us on the first drive was weak. Both players had their hands on each other. Our defender was trying to turn towards the ball but the receiver was holding him and preventing him from turning. If there was interference, it was offensive. It should have been a no call.
If the first one was weak, the second was criminal. They called it on Harvey who was on the other side of the field, so that call was clearly wrong. There was no contact when the ball was in the air that was close to OPI. Just a completely bogus call and gift to Duke.
I agree with the first PI call cause they were both doing the typical hand fighting and the Duke player grabbed our defender when he tried to turn to track the ball and then that pulled both down. However, 90% of the time that is going to get called on the defense just because of how it looks live to the ref.
On the second PI call, I didn't see anything either and neither did the announcers. Later on the broadcast the rules expert clarified the PI was not at the end of the route so it may not have been caught on camera.
On another note, I feel like many people (not necessarily you
@leatherneckjacket ), are saying that the offensive PI on Duke was a make up call. It was 100% OPI and not a make up call. He shoved the DB with a fully extended arm to throw the DB off and that is the only reason he was able to get the separation. When the ref sees that separation with a fully extended arm it will get called every time.
