NCAA Review Mechanics

[Mark Dexter]

I'm watching the FSU/WF game, too, and was wondering if on-field mechanics have changed due to the presence of replay.

FSU had a forward pass that was close to being a backwards pass, but was obviously forward on the TV angle. Ball dropped incomplete, and H or L (not sure which side) waited until a WF recovered the ball before giving an emphatic incomplete pass signal.

Is the mechanic now to delay in cases like that (or was the official possibly unsure)? Also, had this been a backwards pass, would the play be reviewable? (IOW, is it the whistle or the incomplete ruling that makes this unreviewable?)