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.
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!
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!