Miami fans livid after SEC officiating crew appears to take touchdown away from Hurricanes

In a game where points are at a premium, it feels like Miami was jobbed out of a touchdown in the third quarter.

With the Hurricanes up 13-0 and facing a 4th and 1 at the Gators 47, Marty Brown took the handoff and seemed to cleanly bust through the pile and ran untouched to the end zone. The touchdown would've given Miami a seemingly insurmountable 20-0 lead. 

You be the judge.

Chris Fowler said that the whistle might've blown because an offensive lineman's helmet came off and Kirk Herbstreit suggested that Brown's forward progress was stopped. But when they got a second look at the replay, their opinions changed.

Fowler: "I don't know, man...I don't know if his forward progress was stopped...by the standards tonight where they've been pushing the pile?"

Herbstreit: "Bill, that whistle came in late, right?"

Bill (ABC/ESPN replay analyst): "[Brown] came through there pretty clean...the whistle for forward progress? I think [the official] would want that back."

Reminder it's an SEC officiating crew in Coral Gables tonight. 

Miami's offense stalled on that drive, much like it has the entire second half, and the play seemed to ignite the Gators, who scored on an 11-play, 80-yard drive that took up much of the quarter and made the game 13-7 going into the fourth quarter.

As expected, Miami fans were not happy with the late whistle.

Miami eventually put together the necessary drive to put the game away when Brown finished off a 13-play, 80-yard drive that took 7:12 minutes of possession and gave the Hurricanes a 19-7 lead. There was no early whistle and no doubt about Brown's touchdown this time. It just came about 25 game minutes later than it should have.

Miami will improve to 4-0 as they head to their bye week with an October 4 showdown against Florida State coming up.