The shots ESPN provided were "synced" shots taken from two different cameras. The replay official could only base his call on the shots provided and needed to be able to see "irrefutable evidence to overturn" from one of those views. The time-syncing provided by ESPN is a cool idea, and, if accurate (there's a big if there as far as overturning calls on the field goes), clearly showed that Doe fumbled before he crossed the line with the ball.
So we lucked out, but Mullen was incorrect for blaming the replay official since, in the views he had at his disposal to make the call, overwhelming evidence to overturn was not present. --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: Jerry, They showed 2 still shots later in teh game that clearly showed the ball coming out of his hand before he crossed the goal line. I don't know if the officials have access to the same camera feeds as the TV crews do, but it was plain as day in those still shots they showed. We were VERY lucky and finally got a bad call to go in our favor for once. Later, SHANE --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
