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USC Coach Lane Kiffin fined, reprimanded by Pac-12; S TJ McDonald suspended half-game for hit

Southern California coach Lane Kiffin was reprimanded and fined $10,000 by the Pac-12 on Monday night for criticizing the officiating in the 21st-ranked Trojans' triple-overtime loss to Stanford last weekend.USC safety T.J. McDonald also was suspended for the first half of Friday's game at Colorado for a late hit on Stanford receiver Chris Owusu in the fourth quarter of the Trojans' 56-48 defeat.Kiffin emerged from the epic game last Saturday night with numerous complaints about referee Michael Batlan's crew after USC (6-2, 3-2 Pac-12) fell agonizingly short of ending the fourth-ranked Cardinal's 16-game winning streak.Kiffin primarily was furious after officials declined to award him a timeout in the final second of regulation when receiver Robert Woods went to the ground on the opposite sideline at the Stanford 33 with 1 second left.Kiffin criticized the officials after the game and again on Sunday, saying he told another Pac-12 official that he "was basically lied to.""After numerou...

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