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August 05, 2004
Big 10, Big Brother?: The Big 10 is going to experiment this year with a "technical advisor" sitting upstairs with a Tivo. If he sees a call, ball spot, or anything else that seems to be made in error, he hits a button that pages the officials and the play is called for review. Good idea, bad idea? Time will tell, I guess.
posted by Ufez Jones to football at 11:04 AM - 4 comments
Conference coaches were unanimous in support of it Wednesday during their media day addresses, though on any given Saturday that percentage probably will drop to about half. Great quote.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:39 PM on August 05, 2004
Other than the Pepsi Blue factor, how is this different than instant replay? Plus, of course, the review being done by an official without a request from one of the teams.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:01 PM on August 05, 2004
oh great. one more second guesser. except he has the power to change the course of the game.
posted by worldcup2002 at 04:35 PM on August 05, 2004
That Tivo's going to wind up taping a ton of college football games during the week. It'll probably be full before the Bowls roll around.