Championship Game will have Instant Replay

[newcat]

I-AA title game will have replay

Instant replay is coming to Chattanooga. Officials from the NCAA said Tuesday that a Southeastern Conference officiating crew would have instant replay at its disposal for the Division I-AA football championship game Dec. 16 at Finley Stadium.

[AmesPanther]

That's too bad. I've yet to see it put to good use. NFL style or nothing I say.

[newcat]

My thoughts exactly! It is kind of cool to see replays on a jumbotron to shut up a crowd who thinks a bad call has been made, but I don't like official instant replays. Especially when we have played without it all year.

[PantherChic]

We've played without instant replay all year - I don't think we should have it for the championship. Let it be called like every other game has been - good or bad (and it'd better be good!). I know it's a big game on the line - but along the way during the season every game is a big game. Just my opinion.

[DMPanther]

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe a few conferences in IAA have tested this idea this year. I believe it was stated during the UNH game but not sure about that.

[UNI MadCat]

I see no problem in it. It doesn't disrupt the game nearly even close to the way it does in the NFL. Why wouldn't you want to get the RIGHT calls? Plus, in the NFL if a coach knows the call is wrong, he still has to decide if he can "risk" using a challenge b/c if another one comes up later on, he'd want it back. Why invent a system that is supposed to correct mistakes yet still leaves so much subjectivity (for lack of a better word) in it? I'll take the college-style any day.

[georgiapantherfan]

Anyone think it is a bit odd that an SEC crew is officiating the game? And why use it in the championship game if you haven't used it throughout the playoffs? Whole thing seems a bit messed up!

[AmesPanther]

As soon as you see UNI get jobbed on a call by the officials and then the replay guys not replay it you'll wish the coaches could throw the flag on the field.

[georgiapantherfan]

I am not against it at all...I just think it is a bit odd that they bust it out for one game, albeit the most important one!

[Newsbreaker]

Anyone think it is a bit odd that an SEC crew is officiating the game? And why use it in the championship game if you haven't used it throughout the playoffs? Whole thing seems a bit messed up!

I thought this as well. Are our normal 1AA officals not up to the task?

I actually really like like College Football replay system, much better then the NFL system IMHO.

[AmesPanther]

I actually really like like College Football replay system, much better then the NFL system IMHO.

The only people that think that haven't been screwed by no replays on calls that really warrant it. I've seen Farentz use it well a couple of times. The officials weren't doing a replay when they should have so he called TO and gave them enough time to think about it and do it.

It makes sense to let the coaches ask for it.

What part of it makes it so much better?

[PantherChic]

And why use it in the championship game if you haven't used it throughout the playoffs? Whole thing seems a bit messed up!

I agree - why use it just for this game when it hasn't been used all along? Yeah, there are frustrating as hell calls, but wait to use it when everyone has had it all season, and it's used for all the playoffs.

[georgiapantherfan]

I agree - why use it just for this game when it hasn't been used all along? Yeah, there are frustrating as hell calls, but wait to use it when everyone has had it all season, and it's used for all the playoffs.

My point exactly Pantherchic! And does anyone know the deal with the SEC officials??

[Newsbreaker]

The only people that think that haven't been screwed by no replays on calls that really warrant it. I've seen Farentz use it well a couple of times. The officials weren't doing a replay when they should have so he called TO and gave them enough time to think about it and do it.

It makes sense to let the coaches ask for it.

What part of it makes it so much better?

The biggest thing I think is a major improvement is the fact that the final decision with either upholding or overturning the call lays in the replay offical's hands. This keeps an offical on the field from 'protecting' one of his own by refusing to overturn a member of his crew's call.

I agree that some coaches 'work the system' by calling TO's to give the replay offical enough time, but I think it's better then the system in the NFL where you have very limited usage of the replay. The fact that there is not a limit to the number of calls that can be reviewed, and therefore little strategy in how/when a replay is asked for, is a bonus. Additionally, if you have a half where multiple replays are warrented, in the NFL it's almost impossible to actual review and get each one correct (which is, after all, the whole point.) In college, you can have 100 replays in a half, if that's what it's going to take.

[UNI MadCat]

As soon as you see UNI get jobbed on a call by the officials and then the replay guys not replay it you'll wish the coaches could throw the flag on the field.

Hate to disagree with you Ames but I've seen so many B10 games this year (I'm a Badger fan too as you know) and I'd say they use replay almost too much -- I'd rather have it that way. I can say that rarely, if ever, have I NOT seen a close call replayed. I really think college football has done it right. The good thing is, that the replay is not decided by the refs on the field, so there is no "ego" involved, like they couldn't possibly have gotten it wrong. Someone upstairs makes that call.