. "I certainly get what coach Scott's saying," Duke David Cutcliffe said after UM Coach Larry Scott said too many calls went Duke's way. "I think the [referees] could have called more [calls against Duke and way less calls against UM], to be honest with you. And that's just as honest as I can be." Plenty of other plays left UM seething, including three pass-interference calls against the Hurricanes on the final drive and Miami insisting that the Blue Devils' touchdown run to end that possession - giving Duke a 27-24 lead with 6 seconds left - should have been negated. Officials ruled Duke's Thomas Sirk carried the ball into the end zone; video replays were far from conclusive and Miami believed Juwon Young kept him from the goal line. "They didn't get in," Miami interim coach Larry Scott said. Miami was flagged 23 times - not only a school and ACC record, but the second-most in major college football history - compared to only five penalties against Duke. The 18-penalty disparity had been seen at the FBS level only one other time in the last 20 years. No team in the country has been penalized more this season than Miami. Moreover, Hurricanes found the late pass-interference calls particularly troubling since it negated what would have been a game-sealing interception by a participant playing this game in spite of still grieving for his mother who had passed away merely a few days past. His INT should have been the end of the game and the proper going away tribute to his departing mom. But, hey the Canes will take the win...
