BYU football: Craig Thompson letter says replay officials in BYU-SDSU game 'weren't sufficiently aggressive'

Following the game, Thompson said MWC officials told the crew replays existed that showed indisputable evidence of the fumble and the crew reported they had no knowledge of such a "look" and Angelis reaffirmed what he saw was not sufficient to rule it a fumble. The crew, according to the commissioner, spent 60 to 90 minutes after the game and reviewed the video that Angelis made his decision from and still did not "identify the definite replay."

Thompson's letter said after the game, the crew saw the available video and "were horrified to learn of their mistake."

According to the Union-Tribune, SDSU boosters said in their second letter to BYU's Samuelson that "we leave the fine points to the legal scholars schooled in the meaning of gross negligence."

"What is more shocking is that the national television (video)... replayed the questionable call over and over again," the boosters' new letter states.

"How was the withheld play not seen at that time and the replay (not) forwarded to the replay official?"

Last week, in response to SDSU boosters' call for a full investigation by BYU, BYU issued a statement that said all MWC protocol by the crew was followed in the game and that insinuations that there was wrongdoing were erroneous.

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