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Originally Posted by just another ref

I may have misunderstood, (you ever misunderstand Packer?) but I believe this was a direct quote.

I'm sure it was.

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Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

I'd amend this to say that if the front foot goes up so closely to the back foot that it takes frame-by-frame replay to determine it, it's inconclusive and therefore we should stick with the original call.

To clarify, I'm disagreeing with those who say "if you can't tell on the replay, it's a two." I'm saying "if you can't tell on the replay, 'ruling on the field stands.'"

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Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

To clarify, I'm disagreeing with those who say "if you can't tell on the replay, it's a two." I'm saying "if you can't tell on the replay, 'ruling on the field stands.'"

Coach, I think that everyone here is agreeing with you, and that's certainly what the rule states.

However, what I think many are also saying is that, if it's so close that you need 20 minutes and a team of CIA experts to tell the difference between a 2 and a 3 on tape, we shouldn't fault the officials if they get it wrong after looking for 1-2 minutes on a 12" monitor (if they're lucky).