The hard part is knowing where the ball is WHEN the play is dead

Sep 14, 2019
11:57:13pm

cougXor All-American

the difference for football is the element of time...it matters where the ball is at a specific time (which is still usually a judgement call in itself).

But - I’m surprised the NFL hasn't tried out some ideas in preseason yet.

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Time

I wish we could use technology to spot the ball.

HONOMO

9/14/19 11:49pm

Yes, I’ve been saying this for a long time

BenTheBoss

9/14/19 11:50pm

Wow. The chip idea sounds perfect. Hadn't thought of that.

HONOMO

9/14/19 11:55pm

How does a chip help if you can't tell where a knee or elbow was down?

Mrs Featerbottom

9/15/19 7:11am

You could sync the replay cameras and ball with the game clock.

Throwaway59840

9/15/19 7:55am

And if you can't see where the knee/elbow touch?

Mrs Featerbottom

9/15/19 8:12am

Implant a chip in each player's knee.

Westsider

9/15/19 8:04am

In their knee pads. Duh. 😉

HONOMO

9/15/19 9:32am

Several improvements that are not difficult....

RealityCheck

9/15/19 7:33am

Interesting stuff.

Dr MoBYU

9/15/19 7:59am

Lol these seem prohibitively difficult.

Mrs Featerbottom

9/15/19 8:12am

Every single one is already being done for other use.

RealityCheck

9/15/19 8:53am

I was so mad that the ref who had us short took control even though his side was

James Halpert

9/14/19 11:51pm

You could see that Kalani was yelling at the ref on his side to assist

kalifi

9/14/19 11:56pm

Here here! And it's a game of inches, like today!

pt crasher

9/14/19 11:51pm

The hard part is knowing where the ball is WHEN the play is dead

cougXor

9/14/19 11:57pm

But with BenTheBoss's chip idea, it would be pretty easy.

HONOMO

9/15/19 12:10am

RE: But with BenTheBoss's chip idea, it would be pretty easy.

Cougar TD

9/15/19 12:20am

RE: But with BenTheBoss's chip idea, it would be pretty easy.

HONOMO

9/15/19 12:28am

But how to do that fast enough to not interfere with the game?

cougXor

9/15/19 12:21am

Yeah I think when it's the diff b/t a 1st down or not maybe they buzz down. IDK.

HONOMO

9/15/19 12:26am

And there's the real problem. The ball was already off by many inches before you got to the close spot.

El Jefe

9/15/19 12:36am

RE: But how to do that fast enough to not interfere with the game?

davidsonlaw

9/15/19 8:21am

Thing is, you’d need a lot of tech around the chip to triangulate the location

Mike Honcho

9/15/19 12:24am

Not really that easy.

MenloCougar

9/15/19 1:27am

The problem is when it’s all piled up can’t often tell exactly when the knee

Osteotome

9/15/19 2:55am

Until we have better tech, the ball should be placed on the nearest whole yard

GregOstertag

9/15/19 12:50am

Interesting thought. I like it.

COACHdrn

9/15/19 12:56am

Except at the goal line, I assume?

mobomanjoe

9/15/19 5:25am

Right. Once you are within the 10 you don't have to do this because the goalline

GregOstertag

9/15/19 7:33am

nearest significant digit

Bob Vance

9/15/19 5:54am

Watch, they do that a lot now. I've been watching this for years.

Count Cougar

9/15/19 7:06am

The visible lines that extend across the field are at 5 yard increments.

joeaz

9/15/19 7:29am

The hashmarks every yard are a good enough visual reference point

GregOstertag

9/15/19 7:35am

Absolutely

gurt

9/15/19 4:08am

I’d prefer not to relive this moment right now

qom

9/15/19 5:32am

I'm not sure I'd like it. Sometimes spots are bad, others not so much.

BlueTooth

9/15/19 7:26am

How many refs would this put out of work?

OU Cougar

9/15/19 9:09am

Aren’t they all part-time employees?

mobomanjoe

9/15/19 9:18am

So frustrating as we were all commenting on what appeared to be favorable spots

Cougarpride

9/15/19 11:44am

We could if we wanted but it would change the way the ball works a bit

jkccoug

9/15/19 11:49am

Be careful what you ask for. Sometimes human error works in our favor

qom

9/15/19 1:24pm

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