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Jimbo Fisher rips referees over chop block call after loss

October 29, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Jimbo Fisher was livid with the referees after Florida State’s 37-34 loss to Clemson in Tallahassee on Saturday, and the Seminoles coach ripped into them in his postgame news conference.

Fisher was particularly upset with a chop block call that erased a long Dalvin Cook run when FSU was up 28-26.

“Ridiculous. It’s not a chop. I’m gonna tell you what: you hold coaches accountable, players accountable, hold the damn officials accountable. It’s garbage. And then to call another penalty on the sideline is even more garbage. It’s cowardly, gutless, and wrong.”

Here’s video of Fisher:

#FSU head coach Fisher after he was asked about the chop block on what would have been a Dalvin TD pic.twitter.com/7zT5RfGyEn

— Jordan Culver (@JordanCulver) October 30, 2016

Fisher was also called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty because of his reaction to the chop block call. He chewed out the refs for it:

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