Referees to wear GoPro camera hats for Big Ten championship game

Submitted by uofmchris on

Just read an article on MLive (not sure if I can post it or not) that stated the refs will be wearing GoPro cameras placed on their hats so the viewing audience can see the game from their perspective. It was tested earlier in the season, but I find it ironic they are wearing them for this game.

Cute.

Edit: Yeah it is a post about the refs. But it is relevant. Sorry master.

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ijohnb

December 1st, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^

is one of like three movies(two by Kubrick) that I have seen that I can say I just don't understand, period.  I have watched the entire thing twice in a state of open mouth confusion interspersed with doses of apprehensive contempt.  Just over my head I guess.

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December 1st, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^

Simpleton.

Actually, I feel the same way about many critically-acclaimed movies. I didn't really get The Shining (is that the other Kubrick movie that you alluded to?). Maybe I'd feel differently now, because I think I first saw it in high school, but at the time I definitely didn't come away thinking it was some sort of classic. 

I'm ashamed to admit it but another movie like that for me is Miller's Crossing, and I LOVE the Coen brothers. Maybe I should watch it again as an adult. 

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ijohnb

December 1st, 2016 at 3:09 PM ^

Shining is best understood in the Horror genre I think.  I don't think there is really much to understand more than dude was weird, went to mansion and freaked out, everybody freaked out, things were freaky.  I think that is The Shining in a nut shell.

The other Kubrick movie that I am talking about is 2001.  I know, I know, it is a cinematic masterpiece, the best of all time........ yada yada.   I just didn't get it.  The only sense that I can make out of it is that, if we were to make legitimate contact with alien intelligence, that it would not take the form we would suspect.  That it would effect the senses in a manner previously unrealized and not as simple as "see, hear, touch," and that the movie was not supposed to "make sense" in a conventional way.  If it isn't that then I have no clue.

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ijohnb

December 1st, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^

the dude was saying he didn't understand The Shining. I was just saying that there is nothing to "understand." It is like not understanding Friday the 13th. It's a horror movie, that is allz I'm sayin.

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December 1st, 2016 at 7:18 PM ^

And I should have clarified--it's not that I didn't understand the movie, I just didn't understand why it was/is so highly regarded. I didn't find it all that scary, which I think is the main point of a horror film. And I'm not trying to pretend like I am some sort of tough guy who doesn't find movies scary or suspenseful. It's just that The Shining didn't really do it for me. 

Thanks for all the comments--interesting to hear everyone's views on these films. And for the record ijohnb: you didn't get 2001? I thought it was a nature film about monkeys. I don't know if there is much more to it, though I might have dozed off while watching it. 

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BlueMan80

December 1st, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^

Isn't that what everyone always says?

I did read the book my freshman year in Engineering Humanities.  The class discussion of the book was all over the place.  Personally, I loved it  Rebellious youth and the like run amok in a dark vision of a Russo-ified future.

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uofmchris

December 1st, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^

If anything, this will continue the dialog of how POORLY officiated the game was. I hope the broadcasters bring up these GoPros throughout the game. Can only help our cause in the committees eyes.

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michfan23

December 1st, 2016 at 2:39 PM ^

This is exactly what I was going to write.
The constant talk about this is annoying at times, but it also highlights the need to keep officiating accountable. It must at least be heard by the committee who has to consider this as part of their debate on rankings.



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December 1st, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^

They were actually supposed to do this for the Michigan vs. Ohio State game but the officials got confused and brought selfie sticks so they could take pics with their favorite team. When pressed on the issue Jim Delaney stated "It's a new process, working the kinks."

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Jevablue

December 1st, 2016 at 2:43 PM ^

Bobby Sagers and his pals would siimply have shown us what the insides of their colons looked like as their heads were quite obviously up their own asses, save for the times they weren't performing favors on urban.

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Jevablue

December 1st, 2016 at 2:48 PM ^

to get closure on this fucking ref-gate scandal?  My thoughts:

1) Delany announces measures to eliminate even the appearance of bias in all games going forward.

2) OSU gets their undeserving asses absolutely smoked in their next game, which I believe will certainly happen when they play anyone tough on a neutral field.

3) Michigan makes the playoff and smokes those pricks on a neutral field.

Choices 1 & 3 would give me closure but are highly unlikely.   Choice 2 will only partially do it.

 

Therefore, I predict that I will still be pissed at this time next year.

Never forget.

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December 1st, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^

They don't have anything to gain from this. Regardless of when the decision was made it is going to be perceived as an admission of poor officiating and Michigan getting screwed.

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Alton

December 1st, 2016 at 4:41 PM ^

These games are when TV networks try "gimmicks" to get people to tune in who wouldn't otherwise be inerested.  "Hey--we're going to have cameras in hats!  It will be so cool!"

The fact that they have a sponsor lined up for it makes it pretty obvious that this was negotiated a while ago--you don't negotiate something like this in 3 days, especially when it involves creating a thing (GoProHatCam) that doesn't exist in the real world.

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Gene

December 1st, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^

Eff that. What they need to do is put camera on the first down marker. Seriously, why isn't this being done yet? Seems like an obvious move once you have reasonably compact wireless cameras. 

Oh wait, money > integrity. Right.

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