College Football Instant Replay Clarification
September 8th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
So the other team doesn't snap the ball before the review is complete.
September 8th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
It's seems as if the review system is abusing their powers. I had always thought the system was their to review a play after they saw it in a replay and wanted to take another look at it. Now it seems like they just stop the play because they want a chance to review a play. It was not supposed to be like that
September 8th, 2013 at 12:02 PM ^
What?
September 8th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
It seems like the replay officials are sometimes trying to make the call from scratch, instead of reviewing the call already made. When they take as long as they often do, that's the way it certainly seems. Once you've found the best angle, you shouldn't have to look at the replay 5 or 6 times to make up your mind. If you've looked three times and still can't decide, then the evidence clearly isn't "indisputable", and you should let the call on the field stand...
September 8th, 2013 at 12:11 PM ^
I thought the challenge was terrible and a waste of a timeout, but someobdy in the snowflakes thread argued that perhaps hoke was using the challenge as a way to buy more time for gardner to calm down and collect himself before having to go back out there. the challenge took a good 4-5 minutes it seemed like, and who knows, maybe that was really helpful.
September 8th, 2013 at 12:25 PM ^
It's nice to believe Hoke was thinking along those lines, but a far more pedestrian reason seems more likely: somebody on the staff thought either the interception hit the ground or Gardner was down before attempting the pass. Even if Hoke thought there was less than a 5% chance of either scenario playing out, it was worth the challenge.
September 8th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
This is what I immediately thought as well. It appeared that morale was crumbling and there were doubts with some of the players that the ball was actually caught.
Hoke did the right thing there I believe if for nothing else it gave the coaching staff time to "rally the troops."
September 8th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
But he could have just called a timeout and not wasted a challenge. It was similar to the Turkey Day blunder by Jim Schwartz where he challenged a punt return for TD, which was not necessary because of the auto review. Only difference is that the NFL calls a penalty for delay of game, or something similar, nullifying any possible booth replay. The college rule is a little more forgiving to the coaches.
September 8th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
Schwartz's violation was for challenging during the play, right? And I'd rather save a timeout than a challenge in a potentially close game personally.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:36 PM ^
in the pro's all touchdowns are automatically reviewed and if you throw your challenge flag on such a play its a penalty.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
Based on what we saw in the stadium, the challenge seemed reasonable. We all realized it wasn't what it seemed once there were more replays, but what can ya do?
September 8th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
From inside the stadium it was hard to tell that it was a catch - the only angle we had made it look like the ball hit the ground, we didn't have a single angle that they had on the scoreboards (only had 2) that showed his hand under the ball.
September 8th, 2013 at 3:58 PM ^
From my vantage point -- which had a fantastic view of it -- I would have bet a lot of money that it hit the ground.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:38 PM ^
There were only two replay angles for that play for some reason and both were terrible and you couldnt see his hands or the ball at the crucial moment. It might not have been a catch but we'll never know unless a photographer had a great shot from a better angle.