Watching the Winter games, I can’t imagine what it must be like to care intensely about the outcome of a competition decided by judges. The athletes are amazing, but the competition just isn’t that entertaining to me.
But then instant replay and the endless delays takes Football in this direction. Many times trained judges can’t know the correct call using super slo-mo butthis activity is having an increased impact on the games.
It also got me thinking about significant moments in Trojan Football history that involved close calls by officials:
* Sam Dickerson vs UCLA in 1969
* Erik Affholter vs UCLA in 1988
* Charles White vs Michigan in the 1979 Rose Bowl
* Michael Harper vs ND in 1982
* Matt Leinart fumble out of bounds before the Bush Push in 2005
* “The Spot” in South Bend, can’t remember the year (but still mad about it)
(What other moments have I left out?)
Can you imagine if these calls had been reviewed and overturned? Does everyone else think we are better off and that it’s just so important that we “get it right?” This isn’t Progress in my mind.
But then instant replay and the endless delays takes Football in this direction. Many times trained judges can’t know the correct call using super slo-mo butthis activity is having an increased impact on the games.
It also got me thinking about significant moments in Trojan Football history that involved close calls by officials:
* Sam Dickerson vs UCLA in 1969
* Erik Affholter vs UCLA in 1988
* Charles White vs Michigan in the 1979 Rose Bowl
* Michael Harper vs ND in 1982
* Matt Leinart fumble out of bounds before the Bush Push in 2005
* “The Spot” in South Bend, can’t remember the year (but still mad about it)
(What other moments have I left out?)
Can you imagine if these calls had been reviewed and overturned? Does everyone else think we are better off and that it’s just so important that we “get it right?” This isn’t Progress in my mind.
