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NCAA Football

acelxix
Total posts: 2394
11/25/2006 6:32 PM
 
mwinter
Total posts: 4318
11/26/2006 10:58 AM
if you kids are coming then i'll definitely want to go to the game; i didnt want to commit to tickets and then end up there by m'self when i could be drinking rum out of a frisbee :-)
Shawn
Total posts: 1366
11/26/2006 10:58 AM
I think that after last night's play that me and Steven have decided to just watch the game here. That and we were cheap and didn't want to buy overpriced tickets.
DrJustin
Total posts: 200
11/26/2006 11:43 AM
I'm curious for those of you who watched the game on tv was the first uga touchdown legit? or should the ball been called dead after the fumble but before that guy picked it up and ran with it? uga conveniently didn't play the replay but once in the stadium.
Shawn
Total posts: 1366
11/26/2006 11:52 AM
From my small knowledge of football I believe that it was not a dead ball because no one had possession until the guy pulled it from the pileup. But the Tech guys should have been more aware since the whistle had not blown the play dead.
DrJustin
Total posts: 200
11/26/2006 12:17 PM
From the screen it looked like to me that the ball was pinned by a guy's hand against the ground and another's leg. which to me would mean that the ball was no longer rolling around and therefore dead (sort of like stopping a ball rolling around on a punt it doesnt need to be pulled in only stopped from rolling). and possession would go to whomever the hand belong to but i cant find the video (that is drews responsibility anyway since i remember reading we were paying him the big bucks). also what did the commentators think? (even though they tend to say 2 contradicting things at the same time so that they are right and can always back up whatever the refs end up deciding).
Oscar
Total posts: 1323
11/26/2006 1:05 PM
i think the fumble was called as correct as possible. touching it like you described wouldnt count as downing the ball (punts and kickoffs are different) but whether or not someone actually had possession in the pile and the uga guy ripped it away from them i don't think we'd ever know.
Drew
Total posts: 5111
11/26/2006 1:27 PM
I'll see if I can find some video but if no one ever had possesion the ball is still live which I guess was be the case. I propose 3 IR cameras be placed on the field and are used to extrapolate 3D images of dog piles on the football.
Oscar
Total posts: 1323
11/26/2006 1:48 PM
dont forget the x-ray emmiters and detectors!
DrJustin
Total posts: 200
11/26/2006 1:59 PM
I think there needs to be a football cam. But I thought on a fumble if it is no longer bouncing around but rather just lying on the ground still once a player "secures" it and that player in on the ground the ball is dead. and in this case i thought i saw a player on the ground reach over and grab the football that was pinned by a leg. he didnt bring it into his body but it looked like he had a good grip as he was reaching out for it.