I mean the MSM isn't even running with this, and they enthusiastically jumped all over Smollett, Bubba Wallace, and Duke Volleyball, even though all three were clearly ridiculous from the get go. That tells me that they find this to be even fishier than the others.
But yeah, if true there's no place for it. Some sort of punishment should definitely be issued, like say, a ten minute misconduct penalty, or the like.
And no, the ref didn't say that he heard it. The player said that the ref heard it. There could be any number of other valid reasons that he was issued a ten minute misconduct penalty.
You can grab the pitch fork and join the twitter mob if you like, because "screw OSU!" That's your right, I suppose. As for me, I'll stick to the facts.