but anyone watching the broadcast could tell, he got the first down............ except for the guy we hired to tell gibbs whether to challenge or not.

There is a reason that at any level, seats around the 50 yard line are more expensive than seats in the end zone. It is a better view. Hence, the end zone "floating" camera angle is cool for a pre-play shot and replays, but it sucks for live action.

[QUOTE=frogprincess]Okay, now I'm really mad! I just read the Wash Post article which quoted our official in the booth as saying that he couldn't recommend a challenge on the 4th down at the goal line because none of the camera angles were from the side. Since they were from the front and back only, he didn't feel it would be inconclusive evidence to overturn. Those angles are great for "extra" shots after the play, but you can't tell the result of the play from them.[/QUOTE]

That offical in the booth should be fired............. :cussing:

Was anyone annoyed by all the crawls Fox had at the top of the screen and the crawls at the bottom of the screen with updates etc...... could hardly see the players on the field...
SHEESH!

yeah monk, what happened to the small score boxes?

[QUOTE=Beemnseven]Seems like I bring this up every season, but did anyone else get annoyed with the endzone camera angles on the kickoffs? They also did it on several offensive plays. They use that 'floating camera' thing, and it's just terrible. You have no idea what's happening! On replays it's fine, but not during actual game play.

FOX does it every year. I guess they think it's cool, or groundbreaking or something. I hate it.[/QUOTE]
I completely agree. I was yelling at the TV screen on Sunday. As others have said, the other views are fine for replays, but not for the live action.