Was the "fix" in by this college referee?

Watch this video from Saturday's Wake Forest/Florida State game. Doesn't seem to you that the ref is trying EXTRA hard to give Wake Forest a 1st down during this measurement? Apparently the ACC thinks so.

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20111011/FSU03/111011011/ACC-acknowledges-mistake-ball-measurement?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7Cfrontpage%7Cp