Blasting officials after last year's Utah-BYU football game earned Utah athletics director Mark Harlan a $40,000 fine and a public reprimand from the Big 12.
Days later, Big 12 football officials coordinator Greg Burks indicated there was no basis for Harlan's post-game rant . In a game-review document of the officials obtained by the Avalanche-Journal, Burks said a hotly contested penalty against Utah cornerback Zemaiah Vaughn was called correctly. In all, Burks disagreed with the Utah staff's views of how five of six plays they submitted for review were officiated.
The game-winning drive in BYU 's 22-21 victory on Nov. 9 at Utah was kept alive by a defensive holding call on fourth down with 1:29 left in the game. Trailing 21-19 at the time but given new life, the Cougars drove