The flag he blew up about and later got fined for by the ACC was clearly a defensive penalty. There is no such thing as a charge in football—his DB was holding the receiver for the entire route until he flopped as the ball passed behind him. The only issue with the penalty is that it should have been defensive holding rather than DPI, which would have given Duke 5 yards and an automatic 1st. So the ball would have been on the 6 yard line rather than the 3.
While I agree with Dabo that college football needs a nationwide entity hiring, assigning and compensating officials, and that officials should be held accountable, his bitching about the calls in this particular game are ridiculous. His team lost because they have been poorly prepared, poorly coached and poorly motivated this season. He needs to stop trying to blame external factors and take a look in the mirror...
Replies to: "Dabo is a clown..."
- Clemson HC Dabo Swinney has a point about CFB officiating (ACC) [NT]
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- whatsamataU - 7:41am 11/5/25
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- Dabo is a clown... - NC ND Fan - 5:20pm 11/7/25
- Imagine if he suffered through some of the BS we have this year. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 8:24am 11/5/25
- I don’t think we are the only team to have bad calls against us. It happens in most games I watch. - ndphysics - 9:10am 11/5/25
- They need to implement a penalty challenge system. [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:47pm 11/5/25
- I don't know, that facemask call was one of the worst I've seen in awhile [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 1:13pm 11/5/25
- I agree but I don’t think it’s an intentional bad call to affect the outcome. That to me is a - ndphysics - 1:31pm 11/5/25
- Dabo’s not alone. If he was winning you might not hear a peep. [NT] - whatsamataU - 9:57am 11/5/25
- I don’t think we are the only team to have bad calls against us. It happens in most games I watch. - ndphysics - 9:10am 11/5/25