Instant replay: ACC officials are worst on the field

When you take a look at the instant replay results year-to-date, one alarming note stands out: 50% of all ACC replays have been calls that were overturned.

Through the first 37 games, league replay officials have overturned 15 of 30 plays reviewed -- or 50 percent. That's 20 percent higher than all of the Division I conferences using replay this season, and 14 percent higher than combined calls overturned in college football's six major conferences.
Fifty percent? Are you kidding me? Maybe Whittingham was on to something.

"Fifty percent overturned is shocking," said one bowl executive. "It should never be 50 percent. It sounds like a weather man."
Here's the rundown of BCS conference replay statistics for 2005 (numbers through last week):

ACC: 37 games - 30 replays - 15 overturned - 50.0%
Pac10: 30 games - 38 replays - 14 overturned - 36.8%
Big10: 37 games - 38 replays - 13 overturned - 34.2%
Big 12: 38 games - 39 replays - 13 overturned - 33.3%
Big East: 26 games - 27 replays - 9 overturned - 33.3%
SEC: 39 games - 27 replays - 8 overturned - 29.6%