Agreed. The no call on Gustin hitting Minshew was more egregious and obvious (and more clearly affected the outcome of the game. So for conspiracy theorists that argue the league was supporting USC, this specific controversy would undermine the theory because the controvery involved a no call on a WSU player.
Buuuuuut, the no call on Gustin came later in the same game, so maybe the conspiracy is that at that point, the replay official was checked out and just decided he wasn’t going to call any targeting going forward after having already once been overruled by a league official. If Gustin had been called for targeting, as he should have been, WSU would have had 1st down on approximately the 10 yard line with plenty of time to score a TD for the win. And at a minimum, the chances of a blocked field goal would have greatly diminished (not to mention Gustin would have had to sit 1/2 of the Arizona game that USC barely escaped). WSU very likely is still undefeated, USC might have 3 conference losses and would probably already have fired their coach as a result. That no call had a huge impact.
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