Shane Beamer publicly criticizes officiating in Cheez-It Bowl sideline interview

Shane Beamer is not happy and he is letting the refs know it is because of them.

During his interview after the first quarter, Beamer came very close to completely going off on the officiating crew, but he was still very critical of certain calls made or not made.

Beamer was visibly upset on the sideline during the first quarter, having to be held back multiple times by staff members in order to not have a flag thrown at him. Beamer was first upset by a delay of a game called on South Carolina when they were on defense due to a signaling movement that caused movement for the Illinois offensive line.

After that, South Carolina's freshman EDGE rusher Dylan Stewart was issued an unsportsmanlike penalty after a play on the Illinois sideline. Beamer continued with his anger rant saying that Illinois broke the huddle with 12 men on the field which should have resulted in a "12 players on the field" penalty.

Beamer paused in his interview and stopped himself from continuing on, but it might have already been too late. Even though Beamer tried to stop himself by saying, "Whatever, I'm not going to get in trouble with officiating," it probably won't help. Publicly criticizing the refs like that in an on-camera interview will mostly earn the fourth-year head coach a heavy fine.

Beamer did admit that his team simply needs to play better, and that's where it needs to start. He plainly said that South Carolina wasn't doing a good enough job with doing their job, and clearly, that is playing the type of football they are used to.

Quarterback LaNorris Sellers has not been able to get into a rhythm, and the team is looking undisciplined right now with the amount of penalties called on them. This game is being officiated by a Big 12 crew today, but South Carolina has to play with what is being given to them, which means making adjustments.