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?)

[grantsrc]

Originally Posted by 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?)

In 7 man, the person that rules on the direction of the pass is the LJ. Chances are this pass was to the H side of the field so he probably waited to look across the field to get the ruling from the L.

As for replay, everything I've heard from guys that work games w/ replay is that replay doesn't change how they work. That surprises me because you think it would but everything I've heard is the opposite.