Three years. THREE YEARS and we still cannot get a fair whistle in a big non-conference game. It's the same story every single time we step out of the ACC. The phantom holding calls that kill our drives, the blatant pass interference on our receivers that never gets flagged. I just watched that NFL draft skills breakdown and they're talking about the "quickest first step" and "strongest arm" for. You know what trait never gets measured? The ability to overcome a 10-penalty disparrity because the refs decided before kickoff that the SEC team gets the benefit of every single 50/50 call. Our guys develop NFL talent every single year, but they have to play against two opponents every September. We're heading into another one of these marquee matchups and the narrative is already set. They'll talk about Garrett Nussmeier's arm talent all week. Our defensive line could have the quickest first step in the country. The league wants the story, and the story is never supposed to be us walking into their house and dominating. So the zebras make sure of it.