Kentucky gets two unearned points vs ND?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It's much like when the scoreboard at the HS game is wrong and some fan yells incessantly about it as if you should stop the game immediately to check / correct.

Wrong score was on the scoreboard at the beginning of a sixty second timeout. Crowd complained and we immediately went to the table to confirm. Yes, the score on the scoreboard was wrong. The problem was that the score could not be changed as the scoreboard was counting down the sixty seconds timeout. Crowd continued to get restless. A police officer came onto the court to get us to change the score. I thought that we were going to get beat up by the crowd, or worse, arrested by the cop.

[BatteryPowered]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Wrong score was on the scoreboard at the beginning of a sixty second timeout. Crowd complained and we immediately went to the table to confirm. Yes, the score on the scoreboard was wrong. The problem was that the score could not be changed as the scoreboard was counting down the sixty seconds timeout. Crowd continued to get restless. A police officer came onto the court to get us to change the score. I thought that we were going to get beat up by the crowd, or worse, arrested by the cop.

Did you toss him? If he could not demonstrate that he was coming there to offer protection from pending harm after the game I would get his name and badge number. This is nothing more than attempted intimidation under the cloak of authority. Get his rear out of the gym if he didn't immediately leave the court when instructed.

Just my opinion.

[mtn335]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

The problem was that the score could not be changed as the scoreboard was counting down the sixty seconds timeout.

Pet peeve: I HATE THIS. Let the timer use a stopwatch or a smartphone or the counting feature of the clock but without the board display. The game time should be displayed because I use time-outs to check down game status and mentally re-set, and I hate not being able to see the time remaining.

To my joy, this is illegal in NCAAW.

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

Did you toss him? If he could not demonstrate that he was coming there to offer protection from pending harm after the game I would get his name and badge number. This is nothing more than attempted intimidation under the cloak of authority. Get his rear out of the gym if he didn't immediately leave the court when instructed.

I think there are a couple of football officials in New Orleans who can attest to the risks taken when confronting uniformed police officers during a game, even (especially?) when you're right. I say, note his name and write to the department, your assigner, the school/district, etc after you're safely back at home.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mtn335

Pet peeve: I HATE THIS. Let the timer use a stopwatch or a smartphone or the counting feature of the clock but without the board display. The game time should be displayed because I use time-outs to check down game status and mentally re-set, and I hate not being able to see the time remaining.

Agree.

[MechanicGuy]

Reason number 8,298 why sports fans are stupid and annoying.

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Wrong score was on the scoreboard at the beginning of a sixty second timeout. Crowd complained and we immediately went to the table to confirm. Yes, the score on the scoreboard was wrong. The problem was that the score could not be changed as the scoreboard was counting down the sixty seconds timeout. Crowd continued to get restless. A police officer came onto the court to get us to change the score. I thought that we were going to get beat up by the crowd, or worse, arrested by the cop.

How many schools have scoreboards that do this now? I was really surprised to see it (and found it maddeningly annoying) when I went to a HS game this year -- at first I thought the timer was asleep at the wheel and letting the clock run.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

How many schools have scoreboards that do this now? I was really surprised to see it (and found it maddeningly annoying) when I went to a HS game this year -- at first I thought the timer was asleep at the wheel and letting the clock run.

I cannot tell you how many, but there are a lot of scoreboards that do this here. It does not bother me anymore because it has been so common to see them.

Peace