PAC -10 Suspends Officials For Calls in Oklahoma Game

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

He doesn't get the ABC feed b/c that would allow the ABC commentators, producers and etc. undue influence in the outcome of the game (through speaking, or even by choosing which angles to replay).

Because of the replay rules, every D1 game is now filmed (even ones w/out any sort of TV coverage - HI BIG XII SYSTEM!) by multiple camera angles, and the replay official has access to those angles, as well as the ability to play back, slow down, etc (these may or may not be also used in the telecast - as far as I know, some are, some are not). Note that slowing down is a new ability - in the past, they were forced to watch it in 'real time' - but even with these options the replay official is limited in the amount of time allotted. This amount of time is determined by the Head Judge on the field, IIRC. Here, the ABC crew was reportedly putting some pressure on, as well - they have advertisers, etc to keep happy, integrity of the game be damned.

This means technical difficulties can and will happen, and will directly affect how the replay official can do his job because of the time limit - it's just crappy that here, they happened after an already attrocious call. The guy in the booth needs evidence to overturn even the worst call - he didn't get it, so he did what he was supposed to do.

I don't know what you mean by no TV coverage in the Big XII, oh well.

So why couldn't they play the ABC feeds with no sound? Pretty sure you didn't need any to get that call right.