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 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 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!