tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30546861.post115906165358302475..comments2023-05-12T07:01:14.409-04:00Comments on Blogging The Willow (by Tom): Instant Replay in FootballTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08489475901335177511noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30546861.post-1159151275458744262006-09-24T22:27:00.000-04:002006-09-24T22:27:00.000-04:00I also was watching a lot of football today... fig...I also was watching a lot of football today... figured I'd contribute by offering up two instances of "Instant Replay Abuse" by the coaches. They were both in the Vikings-Bears game.<BR/><BR/>1. Vikings coach challenges a fumble. He is correct and call is overturned. Kicker is, the fumble was recovered by his own team, and the team nets like 2 yards on the play.<BR/><BR/>2. Bears coach challenges an incomplete pass on 2nd and 10... for 4 yards. Worse yet, he loses the challenge, therefore loses a timeout and has no more challenges. <BR/><BR/>If I were a GM, I'd slap these coaches and teach them to think risk/reward.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907737499735342663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30546861.post-1159150554807638122006-09-24T22:15:00.000-04:002006-09-24T22:15:00.000-04:00I agree with you. It also drives me nuts when the...I agree with you. It also drives me nuts when the 2 guys covering the game talk about everything else except what is going on on the field. They talk through flags and I have to figure out what happened. I also think someone should wake up the officials during the last 2 minutes of each half so they can review any plays that should be challenged since the coaches can't challenge then. <BR/>I think the Patriots are in trouble losing the good players and replacing them with new players. It puts them at a distince disadvantage with the other teams. It doesn't look good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com