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The Pac-10 has suspended one of its officials for failing to throw a flag on a facemasking penalty committed by USC safety Taylor Mays on Oregon State receiver James Rodgers, the latest in a long line of high-profile missed calls by college football officials this year.

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Contrary to earlier reports, it seems Coach Carroll is not planning to move Dallas Sartz (pictured) from linebacker to free safety to replace injured Josh Pinkard. Reports from practice this week say that the job is freshman Taylor Mays' to lose, and that freshmen Antwine Perez and Garrett Green, cornerback Mozique McCurtis, and kicker David Buehler have also seen time in the newly-vacated free safety position.

Pete acknowledged that Sartz is an option, albeit an unlikely one. "He plays back there in certain defenses anyway," Carroll said. "We're not trying to pull away from another starting position if we don't have to."

Mays Might Replace Injured Safety Pinkard [L.A. Times]