For those of you who thought coach Tyrone Willingham was a little too easy on those Pac-10 refs Saturday... well, he toughened his stance a bit at the media gathering today.

"I think we all know that was not the right call," Willingham said. "… The proper judgment was not used. That was not the act of a young man taunting. That was not an unsportsmanlike act at all. It should have been viewed in its totality and not just isolated as the letter of the law."

Willingham also said he backed up that belief by personally contacting the Pac-10 office to complain.

In this, Willingham has something in common with Bob Stoops, whose Oklahoma Sooners will roll into Husky Stadium on Saturday.

Remember the series of bad calls that led to Oregon's 2006 win over Oklahoma in Autzen Stadium? Well, Stoops clearly does, too. But he seemed to see little benefit to hopping back on that old horse again today.

"That's the way it is," he said when asked about the Pac-10 rule that mandates Pac-10 officials for interconference games in Pac-10 stadiums. "We're going to go play and hopefully play as well as we can."

He was asked if he had stressed to their players that they should simply hand the ball to the officials, he said. "We do all the time." When asked if he wanted to share his thoughts on the Locker call, he said, "No. For me to comment would be inappropriate."

In that, he is in a minority. My Tuesday story is on the Locker call. Here is an ESPN blog item. And a take from the Salt Lake Tribune. And a short items in a roundup story from The Sports Network. And from, of all place, the Grand Rapids Press.

The new UW depth chart shows Tripper Johnson as the starting strong safety in place of the injured Darin Harris, who suffered a concussion Satuday against BYU.

Meanwhile, converted true freshman tailback Johri Fogerson turns up as the No. 2 free safety, behind Nate Williams.

On offense, true freshman David Freeman is shown as the starting tailback, with Chris Polk -- who suffered a dislocated shoulder vs. BYU -- listed No. 4. Either Willie Griffin or Brandon Johnson are shown as the top reserve behind Freeman.

Meanwhile, the UW coaches have selected QB Jake Locker (offense), end Daniel Te'o-Nesheim (defense) and Paul Homer and punter Jared Ball man (special teams) as players of the week. Honored for their work on service teams were De'Shon Matthews, Gregory Christine and Adam Long.

The News Tribune has a follow-up story on the 15-yard celebration penalty that likely affected the outcome of Washington's 28-27 loss to BYU on Saturday.

In this one, David Parry, national coordinator for college football officiating, seems -- to me -- to misinterpret what game referee Larry Farina said after the game.

After the game, Farina said "it was not a judgment call." I think Farina clearly meant "the rule doesn't allow for interpretation, it's black-and-white that if he throws the ball we have to call the penalty." However, Parry interpreted Farina's statement to mean Jake Locker's actions were "so obviously against the rule and flagrant you have no option." No one who saw the play could possibly believe that. At least the "flagrant" part.

So, hmm.

(Parry also perpetuates what I see as a copout myth that "all calls are judgment calls." I think "judgment calls" mean calls where officials must judge intent. Intentional grounding may be the classic judgment call because it even has the word "intentional" in its name ... the officials just judge whether the quarterback's intent was to complete a pass or to throw an incomplete pass to avoid a sack.)

Applying all that to the Locker incident, Farina seems to be saying that the rule says you can't throw the ball high into the air, Locker did, therefore the officials can do nothing but call a penalty.

Whereas Parry seems to be saying that the officiating crew must have decided that Locker's actions crossed some line in terms of intent that turned it into taunting or excessiveness.

So, hmm, again.

(And, by the way, there was a similar excessive celebration call in the Arizona-Toledo game over the weekend.)

Meanwhile, Bob Stoops -- coach of UW Saturday opponent Oklahoma -- refused to be drawn into the controversy this morning. He said that the Oklahoma coaches make their players aware of the rule, but he wouldn't comment on the call from the UW game, although he acknowledged that he saw it.

More -- I'm sure -- to follow as we will get some time with Tyrone Willingham and the Huskies at noon today.