He said he hadn’t seen the replay. But he can’t claim ignorance from the controversy anymore.
Bill Vinovich, the head official from the Rams-Chiefs NFC Championship that ended with pitchforks over a missed pass-interference call, could not hide himself in the college basketball stripes he donned for BYU’s 71-66 win over Saint Mary’s on Thursday in Provo, Utah.
The crowd at the Marriott Center was ready for Vinovich, who, in the aftermath of Nickell Robey-Coleman slamming into Tommylee Lewis long before the pass arrived, claimed he had not yet seen the replay of the potential game-decider (thus making himself just about the only person not to see it).
A few members of the crowd got Vinovich’s attention early in the game during a timeout and asked, “Was it pass interference?” Vinovich, who has officiated NFL games from 2001-06 and 2012 through today, said, “I don’t wanna talk about that stuff,” and walked away.
He didn’t wanna see that stuff, either. Other fans at the game brought a sign reading, “Bill, Don’t Screw These Saints!”
The sign apparently didn’t last long, with a BYU radio host reporting Vinovich asked the sign to be removed.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...ints-debacle-confronted-at-his-other-job/amp/
Bill Vinovich, the head official from the Rams-Chiefs NFC Championship that ended with pitchforks over a missed pass-interference call, could not hide himself in the college basketball stripes he donned for BYU’s 71-66 win over Saint Mary’s on Thursday in Provo, Utah.
The crowd at the Marriott Center was ready for Vinovich, who, in the aftermath of Nickell Robey-Coleman slamming into Tommylee Lewis long before the pass arrived, claimed he had not yet seen the replay of the potential game-decider (thus making himself just about the only person not to see it).
A few members of the crowd got Vinovich’s attention early in the game during a timeout and asked, “Was it pass interference?” Vinovich, who has officiated NFL games from 2001-06 and 2012 through today, said, “I don’t wanna talk about that stuff,” and walked away.
He didn’t wanna see that stuff, either. Other fans at the game brought a sign reading, “Bill, Don’t Screw These Saints!”
The sign apparently didn’t last long, with a BYU radio host reporting Vinovich asked the sign to be removed.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...ints-debacle-confronted-at-his-other-job/amp/
