PAC10 Supervisor Discusses BYU-WA Call

[OverAndBack]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Excuse me "Over&Back", in the u-tube video, although somewhat conjested when the ball is released, it does look like it was thrown in the air. Watching the game LIVE there was a completely different, unimpeded, much closer view and it appeared he threw the ball over his shoulder, and it went directly down.

Then that should show up on the video, shouldn't it? I mean, Locker doesn't have some strange Lamont Cranston mind control way of making video appear different than reality, does he?

Needless to say, there were several repeats of the end of the play offered by the network, and they all looked the same.

Yeah. The ball going up.

If the ball was thrown high up in the air, I've got no problem with the call that was made, but that's not what I saw (or believe I saw)

There's a reason eyewitness testimony isn't the #1 choice of lawyers in a courtroom. It's notoriously unreliable.



Where's the ball? Just curious.

My polite suggestion is that you didn't see what you thought you saw.

You don't suppose the networks realize that by showing the tight shot they can manipulate opinions do you??? The media are the ones who are the most vocal whiners right now about the call. The video has to support what the talking heads are saying to enhance their credibility.

They may be lazy, but (by and large) they're not clever enough to be conspiratorial.

Plus, this'll be forgotten by this Sunday. It'll get some play on Saturday's pregame shows because it fills time and is sexy. But "the media" who has this grand house of cards to prop up, will be on to something else very shortly.

Look, seriously, Occam's Razor here:
1. Kid scored and tossed ball in air in celebration.
2. Official made a call that he was told to make. Sorry for your luck, but that's the rule.
3. Media goes nuts because media knows eff-all about officiating and because controversy sells.
4. Kid won't do it again.
5. Bunch more games this weekend and for the rest of the season.

No grand conspiracy. No overthinking necessary. Just sensationalism and blowing everything about major college football up to gigantic proportions (if this had happened in a game featuring Baldwin-Wallace, nobody would care).