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OU Football Notebook (Scott Wright, Daily Oklahoman)
The instant replay system was dealt another weird twist involving the Oregon Ducks on Saturday night.
Down 28-3 to USC, Oregon backup quarterback Brady Leaf threw an apparent touchdown to Jonathan Stewart.
The play was reviewed in the booth, and the TD was overturned because the replay official ruled Stewart had stepped out of bounds before catching the ball inbounds.
Oregon coach Mike Bellotti then challenged the review call. After a second review, the replay ruling was overturned and the touchdown counted.
The second review found that the ball had been tipped after Stewart had stepped out and back in, making him eligible to catch the ball.
Dave Parry, the Big Ten supervisor of officials who helped the conference develop instant replay, said he was surprised to hear about the challenge of a reviewed call.
"That's the first time I've ever heard of it," Parry told CBS' Sportsline.com. "You're fortunate the score was lopsided. If it was 28-27, there'd be a lot of talk."
That's just bizarre. How can anyone have any confidence in Pac 10 officiating after its replay follies this season?
I thought replay would be a good thing, but for the most part, it's just served to slow down the college game. And when the replay officials screw up as often as they seem to screw up, it doesn't seem like the delays are worth it.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/14/06 09:09 | Sports | Technorati
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I was actually at the game. What the story doesn't mention is how excruciatingly long they took reviewing the play BOTH times.
It was after 10pm at the time and the refs decided to take a 30 minute break from the action. Talk about a buzz kill!
That crew should be suspended.
Posted by sean rainer @ 11:17 on 11/14/06
You can challenge a reviewed call? Now I've heard everything.
The thing I've always found most annoying about the college replay system is that every single play is subject to review. Every time there's a close play down the sideline or a play close to the first down marker, the game is stopped for a review. I like the idea of replay, but not if the game's going to be stopped every third or fourth play.
Posted by another precinct chair @ 11:28 on 11/15/06
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