Danny Kanell blasts ACC officials for 'egregious incompetence' in Florida State loss vs. Virginia

Former Florida State QB Danny Kanell blasted ACC officials for “egregious incompetence” during Friday night’s game vs. Virginia. UVA won 46-38 in double overtime.

Kanell tipped his cap to the Cavaliers, who knocked off the No. 8 Seminoles. However, the CBS Sports’ analyst’s gripe came on Virginia’s go ahead touchdown drive.

After scoring a touchdown in the second overtime, Tony Elliott initially sent out his extra point team, despite the overtime rule stating you must go for two starting in the second overtime period. Realizing his mistake, Elliott sent the offense back onto the field, but Virginia was not penalized for delay of game.

“Congrats to UVa. Made some huge plays,” Kanell wrote on Twitter. “One of most improved rosters in ACC. Don’t know if it changes the outcome but (gifting UVA) essentially a free timeout in OT was egregious incompetence. I would expect an official acknowledgment by the ACC offices but damage is done.”

As Kanell stated, UVA saw the play clock not run as the Cavs changed their personnel. QB Chandler Morris ended up throwing a conversion to Trell Harris for two points, giving them an eight-point lead.

While UVA forced an interception of Florida State QB Thomas Castellanos on the final play of overtime, the situation could’ve been altered at the very least. If UVA was backed up due to penalty on their two-point conversion attempt, perhaps the Seminoles would’ve only trailed by six when they got their chance to posses the ball.

A back and forth first half, Florida State and Virginia went into halftime 21-21. Neither team could get an edge in this one.

Morris was 26-of-35 for 229 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions while running for 37 yards and three touchdowns Friday night. On the flip side, Castellanos was 18-of-32 for 254 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions and 78 rushing yards and one touchdown.

“You come on the road … you got to play disciplined football,” Florida State head coach Mike Norvell said. “And then we talked about our focus, you know, controlling things that we can control. And we had some self-inflicted issues there early in the game that you can’t have. I don’t think any bit of it was looking past it, mean, I knew you know, just with the environment … I knew what their energy would be, I knew what our energy was going to be and, you know, I don’t think was anything from a lack of preparation. But you know, we did not execute like we needed to.”