This is the critical question. If the officials determine when the game is over, OSU lost. If the rules determine when the game is over, OSU won. I don't know what the rule book says.Actually, it wasn't. This is part of the problem. The officials determine the game's end and nobody else does. I know what you mean here, but it is incorrect to say 'the game was over before the incorrect call.' I
I basically agree with the rest of it. I don't think officials should be fired for debatable pass interference determinations as much as I hate it. But this is the actual RULES they're supposed to know. If the ref doesn't know the RULES, why are they even there?