OMG - Replay crews didn't have HD

[glidinghawk]

Bill Carollo, coordinator of Big Ten officials, just said that people in bars had better vantage points on replays than the replay booth officials did as they reviewed replays. That's because they didn't even have HD. What? Replay officials looking at fuzzy SD pictures to make a final determination? Yikes. Carollo said there will be other changes in technology.

GldiingHawk

 

[billdozer15]

Bill Carollo, coordinator of Big Ten officials, just said that people in bars had better vantage points on replays than the replay booth officials did as they reviewed replays. That's because they didn't even have HD. What? Replay officials looking at fuzzy SD pictures to make a final determination? Yikes. Carollo said there will be other changes in technology.

GldiingHawk

Wow, I didnt realize that. In fact I thought they had access to better angles and info than we have. This is disturbing and definately explains how some calls could still be blown even after review.

 

[clicheusername3]

***shaking my head in disappointed astonishment***...

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

LOL, what's wrong with that. It helped us against Indiana, didn't it?

 

[DFaceHawkeye]

That explains a lot. We'll see if I agree with the replay officials more this year than inthe past

 

[joshmott123]

LOL, what's wrong with that. It helped us against Indiana, didn't it?

Haha. It definitely did. I watched that game again a few days ago and I can name at least three instances in which we benefited from poor calls. I think there might have been one that went their way. I remember thinking to myself "man I'd hate to be a Hoosier fan right now".

 

[HobbieHawk]

LOL, what's wrong with that. It helped us against Indiana, didn't it?

And cost us against NW because of IU's sniveling

 

[pin2win]

how bad can the footage be i mean come on we are getting spoiled as of late with the picture quality

 

[theboat]

I think between the game with Iowa where we may have gotten "favorable" calls and the Michigan game where they got screwed (IIRC) Indiana should be very happy with the changes.

 

[clicheusername3]

I just realized something pathetic...even my grandparents (89 & 87 years young) have HD...

 

[pmchawk]

LOL, what's wrong with that. It helped us against Indiana, didn't it?

it hurt us in previous years also. Michigan 2005 comes to mind.

 

[Hawke]

Why not give the replay official a cell phone and send him to a local watering hole? Problem solved.

 

[ddiction]

Aren't their replay cameras already interdimensional portals to Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants? They could see the HD screens from in there.

 

[ShadasRevenge]

it hurt us in previous years also. Michigan 2005 comes to mind.

How's that?

 

[Hawke]

Aren't their replay cameras already interdimensional portals to Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants? They could see the HD screens from in there.

Good point. Problem already solved.

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

it hurt us in previous years also. Michigan 2005 comes to mind.

Those were just bad calls. You didn't need finer resolution to see that.

 

[CharlestonHawkeye]

Amazing for a conference with this much money and the first to institute replay that they couldn't find a way to show replays in HD.