It wasn’t just the flag that referee Gary Patterson threw on Saturday. It was the replay process that stalled the game. According to ESPN , the 23-year ACC veteran, who had been wearing the white hat since 2002, has quit and walked away from the conference. People are pointing at the U-Conn-Syracuse game, where a sequence showed that the replay booth and command center were not in sync with the zebras on the field. It made fans question the competency of the replay process established by the ACC.

So here’s what happened, per ESPN . Syracuse QB Steve Angeli is on the line with 1:02 left in the half at their own 25 yard line. He then drops back on first down to pass and gets his arm hit. But the ball is flung eight yards forward, and the refs ruled it incomplete. The

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