http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/92242/acc-coaches-want-to-try-cent...
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – It's no secret the ACC has had a few officiating gaffes that have drawn national attention. To try to make improvements, the league hired its first coordinator of replay officials earlier this year.
Another change might be on the way.
Now that the NCAA football rules committee has permitted centralized replay on an experimental basis in 2016, ACC coaches want to give it a try. Duke coach David Cutcliffe, whose team lost to Miami last season after replay officials notoriously botched the end of the game, said, "I think that's prob
I wish this had been in place in the Sugar Bowl. There is no reason one person has the replay in their hands.
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I don't want to hear Cutcliffe complaining. His QB never broke the plane of the end zone and they were awarded a TD prior to the insane kickoff return.
Let's all just hope and pray that the central office is comprised of Ron Cherry and Pac-12'ers.
At this part of the movie script it says:
Dog growls.
Forever remembered lol
Seems like a good idea. Too many missed calls that decide the outcome of a game.
It should be simple and should not require any logistical leap. Two on-site replay officials per game. Put them in separate booths, same video feeds. If they both send the same signal down to the ref, then there was definitive evidence regarding the play. If they disagree, call stands. Done. Cheap, simple, hopefully more effective than one person with the ultimate power to decide what constitutes "irrefutable" that particular day.
I see your infallible logic and raise you illogical ncaa and goacc
I can see I am bested. I shall hang my head in shame.
Why do they need to be on site? Just have a central office in Greensboro with same setup. I'm also a fan of new push for full time officials.
Given the list of logistical challenges and skepticism mentioned in the article, I think this is the easiest thing to do. You already have one guy sitting there, why not just add another? Path of least resistance.
Because finding 12-24 qualified replay officials is harder than finding 6-8.
Yeah. Why not have a dedicated set of qualified replay guys that handle all ACC games from one location? Doesn't seem too hard. The way espn and other broadcasters dissect replays, this should be a fairly simple fix.
Doesn't the NHL do that? One location that buzzes in when something needs review.
Ohio State was awarded an interception against PSU in 2014 that absolutely should not have happened simply because the video feed to the satellite went out. So no, that would not solve much while also creating the potential for bigger gaffes later.
An onsite replay official didn't help there why would 2 who couldn't view video even inside the stadium be any different than a central room outside the stadium?
I just think that's one more place where things can go wrong, and even though it will work most of the time, as we saw in that OSU-PSU game, if it stops working at the wrong time, then we have to deal with the crapstorm of people wondering why everything is sent off-site. To put it simply: I don't trust the NCAA/ACC to be techincally competent enough to do it successfully.
That's the thing, if the TV goes out, that means it goes out for the onsite official also. I just thing finding potentially 24 replay officials to work a weekend isn't going to get us top notch guys.
well, when the feed goes out, they'll just pretend they saw it, flip a coin, and head's is a call for the offense.
Not a fan of that personally. Sounds good on the outside but goodness gracious the MLB can't get it right...some, what I believe are obvious and blatant calls shown on replay somehow stand. At least with the replay guys in the booth they can go to them on camera and...idk, shame them?
Looks likes it going to happen.
https://twitter.com/_andrewcarter/status/730793223300493312
http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-football-will-feature-collaborative-insta...
"Allow to participate" - seems like flexible enough language to only make things better. Now we just need clarification that "indisputable" means all the replay officials agree on what they saw.
I hope this doesn't eff us over.
Well, they're not talking about Pac-12 replays...