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November 5, 2015


Dear Hurricane Supporters:


What an incredible, exhilarating and hard fought victory on Saturday in Durham! The eight-lateral, touchdown play which won the game will forever be cemented in college football lore and in our storied history.


The fact that the ACC publicly acknowledged officiating errors on the play does not, in any way, take away our victory or our incredible spirit.


Some of you have emailed me this week, concerned about the wording of the ACC response as well as the seemingly endless noise about The U not deserving the win. I want to share briefly with you what has transpired since Saturday night.


Immediately after the game, I notified the conference office of my concerns regarding the officiating of our game. On Sunday morning, I had a conference call with ACC Commissioner John Swofford and some of his staff, to discuss not only the play in question, but my concerns regarding officiating throughout the game. Commissioner Swofford informed me that the league had determined that the officiating crew would be suspended for two weeks for officiating errors on the final play and that the conference would review the entire game film. Per ACC policy our football staff submitted the plays we believed were incorrectly called as a matter of weekly protocol, and were notified by the league that multiple incorrect calls impacting our team occurred during the game, including a pass interference call on the final drive.


I spoke again with Commissioner Swofford on Monday, to voice my concern on how this situation was being handled and the negative light it was creating for our institution. Rest assured, beginning just hours after our victory, the University was forceful yet respectful in our approach.


Earlier today we sent a formal letter to the conference office, summarizing and reiterating our concerns, and now consider this matter closed. We have moved on to UVA and I am sure that all Canes will be ready to cheer on Coach Scott and our football players on Saturday!


Go Canes!


Blake James

Director of Athletics

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