Officials miss crucial pass interference call against OU vs. Auburn, Greg McElroy reacts

Yet another controversial non-call has seemingly gone Oklahoma‘s way in a tight game against Auburn on Saturday afternoon. A trick play from the Tigers looked like it might score a touchdown. Instead, the play went for naught.

But the Tigers could have at least drawn a pass interference flag. That wasn’t thrown either.

The play in question occurred on third-and-11 from the Oklahoma 38-yard line. Quarterback Jackson Arnold took the snap, then threw the ball back out to the right to receiver Eric Singleton.

It was a double pass. Receiver Cam Coleman got behind the defense, but the ball was underthrown.

As Coleman reached up to grab it, he was contacted by Gentry Williams before the ball arrived. But no flag was thrown. The ABC broadcast crew reacted immediately.

“He’ll drop back and then there’s a deep ball going this direction,” ABC’s Greg McElroy explained as the replay rolled. “It’s well-executed. The throw hangs too long, but the receiver’s wide open. Look at the close, it looks like the contact is pretty close. Right there, there’s the contact. That’s got to be pass interference, and a big one let off the hook there from Oklahoma.”

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The non-call robbed Auburn of a potential scoring opportunity, in a game that hasn’t featured all that many of them. It was also not the first controversial call of the game.

After the game came back from commercial break, McElroy pointed out a key in the call. The official couldn’t see the receiver in question.

“You see the back judge desperately trying to get out of the way of where the ball’s about to land, but I think he missed one there,” McElroy said. “I think the defender’s there way too early, collisions the receiver, impacts his ability to make a play. That should have been called pass interference.”