Can I Get That in Instant Replay?
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by user LastRow
Okay, now that it has been 48 hours since Separation Saturday, let’s go back for a few minutes. I would’ve written this yesterday, but I was still looking at my Brady Quinn 8 x 10 glossy photo and my Charlie Weis signed football just sobbing. Apparently I wasn’t the only one shedding tears over a loss…The question I have is what’s worse, getting blown out at home or going on the road and having a banana stuck up the ole tailpipe? Let’s try to examine this for a second.
Everybody’s favorite people on the football field, who else, but the referees. One second we love these cats, the next they move to the top of America’s Most Wanted list. This holds true for any sport, isn’t that right Mark Cuban and Dallas Mavericks fans? Yet again, when these blind SOBs are supposed to blend into the game line a 3-D hashmark, they stand out like a sore thumb. Don’t give me, “Oh, referees are human, too.” Yeah, hey guess what, in case anyone out there hasn’t noticed, human beings are dumbasses…Just a little known secret LastRowSports.com would like to let everybody else in on. The worst part about this, though, is not that they’re blind, because that’s a given…Maybe I missed something here, but wasn’t instant replay brought into college football to help get the calls right? With the concept behind it being not to penalize a team for human error? I guess the folks running instant replay in Eugene, OR didn’t get that email?
“The instant replay was brought up to eliminate issues like this. And here, there are a number of issues that are clearly -- looking at video -- wrong," Bob Stoops said Sunday. Okay, so I was right.
I’m sure we’ve all seen it by now …The onside kick call that officials awarded to the University of Oregon with the University of Oklahoma leading, 33-27, and 1:09 to play. Video replay showed (or at least my boob tube, along with Bob Stoops’) that an Oregon player touched the ball before it traveled 10 yards. It also showed that Allen Patrick of Oklahoma recovered the kick, although an official on the field blew the play dead before Patrick fell on the ball. From there we all know what happened, but in case anybody missed it or Oregon and Oklahoma fans want to relive it, be sure to check your ESPN Instant Classic local listings.
Now, anybody who knows anything about sports knows a game isn’t decided on just one play…No, it takes a lot more than that. Hence the 2006 NBA Finals, there it takes 50 foul calls in one team’s favor to do that. Yet again this is a perfect example of what can happen when a team has an opportunity to put the game out of reach and doesn’t do it…This kind of shit can happen. The whole concept to institute Instant Replay was supposed to end all this hoopla and to not make one or two blown calls determine an outcome of a game.
Perhaps I’m not giving the benefit of the doubt to the replay officials…Surely they aren’t that blind. Are they? I’m calling my local cable operator, Adelphia, to tell them how dissatisfied I am with their cable services…Always getting damn fuzzy pictures. To think I actually pay good money for the dookie service. I guess Adelphia might supply service to the instant replay booth in Autzen Stadium too. Just glad mine is a business expense thanks to LastRowSports.com. Whatever the case is, what we failed to realize is this…Yes, technology is a great thing to use in sports. Just one small problem - no matter the amount there is available, they’re always human beings operating this technology.
Oh wow, after writing this piece I feel so much better. I think I found a way to shut off my tears. That can only mean one thing...I guess I’d rather watch my team get their ass handed to them at home than go on the road and have to play not only the opponent, but also the refs. Usually, the road team brings their own referees…Funny, there were Big 10 officials in South Bend on Saturday. However, in Eugene there were Pac-10 officials…No sign of Big 12 refs. Doesn’t that make you go, hmmmm? Now, in a perfect world, Congress would step in here to figure this all out…Citizens of the great state of Oklahoma, DO NOT DELAY, GIVE YOUR STATE REPRESENTIVE A CALL NOW! Well that is unless you’re a Cowpoke fan.
As a parting note, this will be the last time the phrase Separation Saturday will be used…Wow, there is a God. Just too bad he wasn’t in South Bend over the weekend…Yeah, he had a vacation planned for Eugene. Guess it turned out well? In addition to God being in the Pacific Northwest…LastRowSports.com has uncovered that Phil Knight was in charge of the instant replay duties on Saturday. This explains it all…Enough Said!
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Date
Mon 09/18/06, 3:27 pm EST
