11/05/09

DENVER (AP) _ The Western Athletic Conference has suspended a
replay official for one game after he failed to overturn a call in
a game last weekend between San Jose State and Boise State.

Official Michael Goshima's one-game suspension will go into
effect this weekend.

The suspension _ the first of a WAC replay official since the
NCAA implemented instant replay in 2006 _ was based on a play where
a runner was ruled short of a first down and Goshima's review
incorrectly upheld the ruling on the field.

The WAC said that upon further inspection, ``the runner clearly
made the first down and the call should have been reversed.''

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