This offseason, college football made a prominent rule change to the clock rules, allowing the clock to run when it previously would have remained stopped. But Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin has noticed another change in how referees seem to be calling pass interference penalties.
During the SEC Coaches Teleconference this week, Lane Kiffin pointed out that there have been fewer pass interference penalties this year with officials seeming to rule on the side of the defensive player more often than ever before.
“Seems very unnecessary,” Kiffin said during Wednesday’s SEC Coaches Teleconference according to On3. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense. It seem like there has been a lot of, the last few changes — new ruling of pass interference. Used to be defensive pass interference, it’s not now. Seems like our rules recently are defensive oriented.”
Kiffin has publicly spoken out against the changes to the game clock, but he thinks that the way pass interference is officiated is negatively impacting the game even more than the clock rules.
“That, to me, has a bigger impact,” Kiffin said. “Guy’s pushing the receiver for years. I think we had one in the game. For years, we’ve known that at defensive pass interference. Now, it’s not.”
[On3]
