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Dave Cutaia, coordinator of football officiating for the Pac-10 Conference, didn’t have to think long before figuring out how to respond to the controversy surrounding the penalty called on Huskies quarterback Jake Locker near the cessation of Saturday’s Brigham Young-Washington game.

He just reviewed the rule, then decided the crew got it right, flagging Locker as antidote to an unsportsmanlike ways forfeiture when he tossed the ball after scoring a touchdown with two seconds left. The Huskies, moved back 15 yards, had an extra-point sound blocked and lost 28-27.

“The advise seems pretty cut and dried,” Cutaia said of Rule 9, Section 2, Article 2c, which states that a imitator can exist penalized for an unsportsmanlike act for “throwing the ball high into the air.”

Cutaia added, “I can’t say the official is incorrect if he’s following the rule. Let’s say the rule just said you can’t celebrate or taunt

The referee for the game was Larry Farina. Cutaia said he thought the call was made by the field judge, Mike McCabe.

Cutaia before-mentioned he essentially agreed with that that seemed to be Willingham’s effectual sentiment

“It’s a tough make a short visit,” Cutaia said. “Maybe the problem is that it’s there.”

Cutaia, in his approve year in the same manner with coordinator of Pac-10 officiating after serving as a conference official for 24 years, said the guide is part of the NCAA’s efforts at increasing sportsmanship. Cutaia reported conferences were told before the season that the sportsmanship rules would subsist a point of emphasis.

“Many of these rules in the area of celebration came in 10 years ago,” he said. “But they’ve expanded upon the body them and increased them.”

Also prohibited are kicking, throwing, spinning or carrying the ball any distance for an official to retrieve it, spiking the ball (to the degree that is allowed in the NFL), or any other unsportsmanlike act that delays the game.

“I can see people being angry about it,” Cutaia said. “No functionary wants to make that kind of call at any time. But I dress in’t know what to tell for the reason that the rule is pretty clear.”

Farina declared in imitation of the resolute that throwing the flag in that instance “was not a judgment call,” but-end Cutaia said “there’s always a slightly bit of judgment.” But Cutaia reported he would expect that anybody throwing the ball in the air the way Locker did would procure flagged.