I realize that the Cats should never have been in the position to let Washington back in the game. 4 trips to the red zone and three field goals is unacceptable. But I have been haunted by the terrible replay call by the booth review. What is the point of video replay if the people running the replay can't identify something as simple as a ball hitting the ground. When I worked for UCLA I met the booth review official, he was 78 years old and wore coke bottle glasses. He couldn't program his remote let alone investigate multiple angles of a replay.
Anyone at home with a DVR and a Zoom function can see that it was an incomplete pass. I went to the Pac-10 website and reviewed their replay policy. They are only able to see the angles provided by the broadcast team, it does not indicate that they are able to manipulate the image to zoom-in and get a closer look. As you probably noticed during the game, the only coverage of the game was provided by the home team's production crew. The crew was incredibly partisan and they didn't even question whether the ball hit the ground. In a digital age when any home viewer can use their remote to investigate an image, television production teams should have imaging algorithms that use basic physics to determine how an oblong ball can touch a shoe AND the turf at the same time. Currently, the Pac-10 uses the program XOS to review replays. This is designed to breakdown video for post-game strategy sessions. The Pac-10 needs to invest in some computer investigation software and not a program designed to make highlight packages.
The most disturbing part of the whole incident is that none of the post-game coverage seems worried by the footage. I feel like I am taking crazy pills!!! Look at the images people!
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