North Carolina wrongly called offsides on onside kick (Video)

North Carolina was the victim of a brutal call by the referees in the ACC Championship Game on Saturday.

Down 45-37 after scoring a touchdown with 1:13 left, the Tar Heels decided to attempt an onside kick. They recovered it, but they were called for being offsides, forcing them to kick again.

Who was offsides for @GoHeels here? pic.twitter.com/DoJflPRiq5

— Chris Clark (@Cdclarksports) December 6, 2015

The graphic shows that they were not offsides:

After being penalized, North Carolina was penalized five yards and forced to kick again. The Tigers recovered this time and then ran out the clock to win 45-37.

Fedora on offsides: I had a chance to look at it, and they missed it.They were wrong. That's all I'm going to say about it. They were wrong.

— Chip Patterson (@Chip_Patterson) December 6, 2015

As the No. 1-ranked team in the country, Clemson is all but assured a spot in the College Football Playoff, likely as the top seed. They can thank some help from the ACC referees, which also had another bigger screw-up earlier this season.