I know some of you live in a world where UK hate blinds all of your rational judgement, but most people with working minds can say that ref was a jerk with an extra large ego.
I am a high school official and have refereed some low level D2/3 games, so unless you are an official..please stop making our fanbase look dumb. I have a group text with several officials in the Louisville area (most all UofL fans I may add) and it was unanimous that we thought the call was bad. I also have evaluated officials in the surrounding regions and if a ref did that even in a high school game I would not want him doing even a 1st round 1vs4 seed blowout.
The ref inserted himself into Snell's space and his ego caused him to make an ejection. Now I believe the ref tightened up on a big stage and made a mistake...we all do it but most do not do it on national TV. At the same time, most of us aren't paid what that official is being paid for that mistake. Seeing it from an official's perspective and not a biased rival fan perspective, that call was the equivalent of a player air balling a free throw.
I know some of you just google the rule and say "letter of the law, the ref was right", yeah there is a lot of nuance in those rules and it has to be intent. That rule for contact with an official is generally for a player arguing and PURSUING/CHASING an official, not an official getting in the face. By the letter of the law, Lamar Jackson and Jordan Jones should have both been ejected from the Governor's Cup..but guess what? The Governor's Cup refs did not have huge egos and understood its a physical and passionate games.
And for all of you attacking a passionate 20 year old kid just because UK fans are dumb redneck jerks, stop it. He just got tackled and someone approached him in the heat of battle. The REF CLEARLY STATED SNELL SAID NOTHING TO HIM. Calling him a punk and a thug is too far, just because he plays for UK does not make him a bad person. If a football player being upset after a gang-tackle offends you..go watch ballet snowflake.
UK is awful and I hope they lose every game forever, but Snell was wronged.