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[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

With the color of the paint and the reflection of the lights, it's really hard to see the line itself. From the camera angle, it's pretty easy to interpolate where the line is from the other parts of the arc. But I can imagine that all the official saw was the toes, and the key, and it looked like the toes were behind the line. Did anyone ever stop later and point out the mistake? I mean, there's no film of the opposing coach going all Molalla on the officials or anything. Even the announcers didn't notice that it was a mistake.

Not saying it can't happen, but I've never had reflections prevent me seeing the line from where I stand as a referee. They would be more of an issue at the angle the camera is coming from. Plus the video quality is pretty poor, it being a YouTube video and all.

Just my $0.02