Mike Norvell unloaded on the ACC officiating crew from the Florida State-Miami game for how they called the fourth-down plays in the second overtime on Saturday night.

On the first, FSU left tackle Xavier Chaplin was flagged for holding. Ashton Daniels’ throw into the end zone was caught by receiver Micahi Danzy.

"The holding call, it was an absolute joke,” Norvell said on Monday morning. “I called and talked to Gary Paterson, (ACC) head of officials. I have not heard his final review from it. I’ve got a lot of respect for the job everybody has. Same thing happened a few plays earlier that was not called. But in that moment, that play, it's just a shame. It really is.

“We had to go convert the two-point play. But for those kids to not be able to finish the game on the field, in that moment, it’s really disappointing. There are a lot of judgement calls in all things but that was bad. I haven’t gotten the final response from them but if it’s anything less than what I said it tells me everything I need to know.”

A number of college football analysts, including Eric Mac Lain, critiqued the call. Mac Lain played on the offensive line at Clemson and is now an ACC analyst. “That holding call on the 1st Hail Mary was insane… was an absolute miss,” Mac Lain posted on Twitter/X.

Norvell also criticized the lack of a discussion on the “simultaneous possession” on the second Hail Mary, where Duce Robinson appeared to high point the pass from Daniels but the call was ruled an interception by Bryce Fitzgerald.

“The Hail Mary thing at the end, the only disappointing thing, I know it went to review,” Norvell said. “From what I've been told, simultaneous possession never even came up in the conversation of review. ... As I said right immediately after the game, if you got two guys going up for a catch, and they both come to the ground, simultaneous possession, that has to be a part of the discussion.”

Norvell went on to say he was proud of the Seminoles’ resolve in those moments, although Miami held on for the 43-35 win. The Hurricanes were ranked No. 3 and are now No. 1. He also praised the Hurricanes and said “that was a great college football game.”

Prior to the question about the officiating, Norvell was candid in his opening statement about FSU’s 3-4 record. The Seminoles have lost to a pair of top-10 teams, Miami and Alabama, on the road and to SMU in a home game on Labor Day.

FSU has a bye this week before playing host to Clemson on Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. (ACC Network). Norvell is 41-38 in his seventh season at FSU.

“We’re not in the business of being close,” Norvell said. “We're not in the any moral victories of it … I told them yesterday, told the staff, I'm a proud coach for how a team played.”

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