Proof Armando Allen was OB
Apologies if this was posted, but here it goes:
http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/59194447.html
The whining can stop (at least for that issue).
(Edit - NINJA-ed)
September 14th, 2009 at 3:03 PM ^
The tone is now "BUT THE OFFICIALS DIDN'T SEE THAT ANGLE! SO THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO OVERTURN!"
September 14th, 2009 at 3:07 PM ^
Unfortunately, they are right. When I saw it on TV, I KNEW that it was going to stand because there were no angles to give conclusive evidence to overturn it.
Fortunately, in hindsight, they made the correct call.
September 14th, 2009 at 3:08 PM ^
In every broadcast, announcers state the review official has views that the broadcasters do not. I would assume that was still the case here.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:07 PM ^
Yes, and they have the capability to freeze frame and zoom in (much like networks are now doing on NFL games).
I think it is hilarious that the nd zealots are now reduced to trying to justify that an incorrect call (in bounds) should not have been overturned. Wonder how that squares with their religious beliefs?
September 14th, 2009 at 3:57 PM ^
Cmon dude what you mean to say is you did not yourself SEE any such angles. You only saw it through the eyes of the TV editing staff, not live and not what the refs had to look at. You might as well say that you know from watching a reality TV show what the contestants are "really like."
It sure was clear on the screen in the Big House, and that was surely only a part of what the refs themselves were able to see.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:57 PM ^
So what he is saying I guess would go something like this; I realize they got the call right and the truth is that he did step out but do we really need the truth here? Can we really build a winning program here if everybody wants to use this truth crap?
September 14th, 2009 at 4:47 PM ^
My favorite quote....
So, regardless of the fact that Allen appears to actually be out, the call probably should have stood as a touchdown.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:48 PM ^
REPOST.. sorry
September 14th, 2009 at 4:47 PM ^
I checked the dinner menu for the Weiss house tonight and it appears the cook is serving a healthy serving of roasted crow with a side of sour grapes. a glass of some of the houses' finest tear wine to wash it down. Bon apetit' there Front Butt
September 14th, 2009 at 4:53 PM ^
tears of unfathomable sadness?
September 14th, 2009 at 4:49 PM ^
And now we'll listen to Notre Dame have all their excuses as they come running in and saying how "the refs missed the calls and Allen was inbounds." To hell with Notre Dame!
GO BLUE!
September 14th, 2009 at 4:51 PM ^
I do believe that this image & the ensuing traffic has crashed the wndu.com server - it's not letting me see the picture, which I desperately need to to shut my classmates up! Anyone have an alternate source for it?
September 14th, 2009 at 5:19 PM ^
Website back up and yeah, discussion over. No doubt at all on that one.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:04 PM ^
they showed in the stadium (presumably the TV broadcast) clearly had him out of bounds. If anyone really cares, they can just view the frame-by-frame HD broadcast.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:18 PM ^
When they put that play up on the Jumbo-tron, I could tell that he was OB. It was not until I came here that I realized that there was this much controversy about the call. I thought it was a fairly obvious review. Maybe the only reason it's such a big deal is because nd fans are, for a lack of a better word, stupid.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:25 PM ^
Clearly photoshopped in MS Paint.
September 14th, 2009 at 6:07 PM ^
BOOM MSPAINTED
September 14th, 2009 at 7:01 PM ^
Sigh... I guess the Big East felt that is too close to overturn the call on the field - that WNDU picture above is pretty blurry and hard to tell what is shoe/shadow.
This one will probably never die.
Big East: ND TD should not have been overturned
http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/59263772.html