The TV announcers said that during the commercial break, the play was reviewed and the call was confirmed, but that was baffling to me because Hunter was clearly in, and it was a lot more clear to see than that play where Stanford TE Sam Roush allegedly got his foot in (where you could never see his foot and him having possession of the …
The TV announcers said that during the commercial break, the play was reviewed and the call was confirmed, but that was baffling to me because Hunter was clearly in, and it was a lot more clear to see than that play where Stanford TE Sam Roush allegedly got his foot in (where you could never see his foot and him having possession of the ball at the same time). Hunter clearly got the ball to the white line of the endzone before being downed, and hence it should have been a conversion.
The fact that I recognized these refs was a bad sign, but luckily Cal was so far ahead of Stanford that it didn't matter (the way the refs were difference-makers against Auburn and USC).
I watched during the time out, as I was certain they were going to review the play, but the officials never went near the review monitor that was set up down at the other end of the field on the Stanford sideline. On every other review they visited that review monitor before making a decision.
The only alternative was that a replay official made the call and called down to the on-field ref, which is a new rule change this year to speed up reviews in cases where the on-field call was obviously wrong (e.g. a pass hit the ground on replay, etc). However, the Hunter play was far from "obvious".
The other thing I noted during this time out was that a Cal coach (Wilcox?) was down on about the 20 yard line having a conference with three of the officials for at least the first two minutes of the time out. It appeared that the coach was pleading his case regarding the play ( pleading for a review ?), as I couldn't imagine what else he'd be talking about for so long, unless they were old family friends!
The TV announcers said that during the commercial break, the play was reviewed and the call was confirmed, but that was baffling to me because Hunter was clearly in, and it was a lot more clear to see than that play where Stanford TE Sam Roush allegedly got his foot in (where you could never see his foot and him having possession of the ball at the same time). Hunter clearly got the ball to the white line of the endzone before being downed, and hence it should have been a conversion.
The fact that I recognized these refs was a bad sign, but luckily Cal was so far ahead of Stanford that it didn't matter (the way the refs were difference-makers against Auburn and USC).
I watched during the time out, as I was certain they were going to review the play, but the officials never went near the review monitor that was set up down at the other end of the field on the Stanford sideline. On every other review they visited that review monitor before making a decision.
The only alternative was that a replay official made the call and called down to the on-field ref, which is a new rule change this year to speed up reviews in cases where the on-field call was obviously wrong (e.g. a pass hit the ground on replay, etc). However, the Hunter play was far from "obvious".
The other thing I noted during this time out was that a Cal coach (Wilcox?) was down on about the 20 yard line having a conference with three of the officials for at least the first two minutes of the time out. It appeared that the coach was pleading his case regarding the play ( pleading for a review ?), as I couldn't imagine what else he'd be talking about for so long, unless they were old family friends!