“Jee-zus. This is so Pac-12.”



That was the reaction of one longtime Power 5 coach who woke to the news of an officiating scandal in the Pac-12 as detailed in a Yahoo Sports report that stems from the Washington State-USC game Sept. 21.



The crux of it: JT Daniels had gone to a knee when Cougars linebacker Logan Tago launched himself into the Trojans QB, initiating helmet-to-helmet contact, which was flagged for roughing the passer. The play was reviewed for targeting. According to the internal replay document obtained by Yahoo Sports, both the in-stadium replay officials and the replay officials in the Pac-12’s command center in San Francisco ruled the play as targeting.



According to the document: “Both the replay booth and the command center agreed this was a targeting foul, but unfortunately a third party did not agree so the targeting was removed and we went with the ruling on the field of (roughing the passer) with no...