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In Washington's OT loss to Notre Dame, the Huskies had numerous opportunities to score. Steve Sarkisian stated in his weekly press conference on Monday in Seattle, he wasn't going to spend much time worrying about a couple of the controversial calls that went against UW.
But some of his players, the Husky Athletic Department, and its fanbase are still feeling the sting of the loss and how the game was called on the field.
Washington athletic director Scott Woodward said Monday that he has spoken to Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott and asked for a review of some of the controversial calls in Saturday's game.
Woodward says the two plays he wants reviewed are the two-point run by ND's Robert Hughes and the reversal of an apparent Chris Polk TD, both in the fourth quarter.
"The non-review of the two-point conversion was a mistake,'' Woodward said of a play in which some thought Hughes was down.
He said one of his biggest issues is the fact that there was a split in crews with a Pac-10 crew handling the on-field officiating and a Big East team in the replay booth.
"My concerns are about the integrity of the replay booth and it being split and going forward, how we deal with that and how do we talk about it,'' he said.
Chris Polk of Washington, who rushed for 136 against Notre Dame last Saturday, states, "They didn't beat us, the refs beat us, in a sense. Everybody knows if you watch the replays, they know that the two-point conversion that his knee was down, and that when I scored it was a touchdown.
"I'm at peace with it because the nation knows we should have won, and they (Notre Dame) know we should have won,'' he said. "So as long as they know that, I'm okay with it.''
Head Coach Steve Sarkisian has a "24 hour rule" after a game. Win or lose, players are not to make comments about the game.
"We were upset, but we have that little 24-hour rule, so we were mad, but we didn't let it hold us down because there was nothing we could do,'' Polk said. "We gave our 100 percent effort and we did everything we could, and it came down to the refs and how they saw it and how they felt.''
QB Jake Locker, who completed 22 of 40 passes for 281 yards and one TD, said he continued to be bothered by the game on Sunday.
"It's tough,'' he said. "But like I said, it's over; can't do anything about it now. But, yeah, I'm over it. It was difficult after the game; I'm not going to lie to you. I hung onto it a little bit yesterday. But I'm excited for another week of preparation and getting ready for another conference game against Arizona.''
Polk said he thought that was helping some of his teammates get past the loss, as well.
For the fans on Monday, it was about burning up the airwaves on local radio stations and Internet boards about the controversial calls.
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