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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
The WP article has a pretty good explanation of the reason behind not challenging it, guess it had to do with the poor angles Larry Hill had to look at in the booth, he thought it wasn't conclusive. He also mentions that you can't rely on the first down stripe on TV, says it's off by a good half yard.
Pretty interesting article actually. The Skins are the only team that employs a ref to advise on challenges and it also mentions that Gibbs was the first coach to have refs that regularly worked their practices.
Larry Hill also oversees all the Skins practices where he keeps track of all penalties called so they can track player tendencies.
Amazing how Gibbs leaves no stone unturned!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Sep13.html |
The one thing I would say about that is this, it's the first half, and although he didn't get the right angle in time, the network's do a pretty good job at covering all the angles, it's just a matter of how long it takes for them to show it, take a shot and throw the flag, and hope you get the right angle, first half is not imperative to keep all your time out's, and even if we lose, we still have a challenge, and 2 time out's left, if it's inconclusive at first, and he doesn't get another angle to be sure? 1st half, under those type of circumstances, I throw the flag.