Bobsyouruncle
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I knew about the K balls; but didnt realize there were TWO SETS of GAME BALLS (one for each team). Got to be tough to keep that straight -not intermingled.
Great read. One thing I don't like and what causes confusion is how the play calling evolves from week to week. They call a RTP one way one week...the league downgrades them and then the next week they call it a new way. Frustrating to the viewer.
Or like how officials decide to actually start calling field goal pushes not only mid season but mid game, after one goes uncalled earlier in the game?
I suppose the refs could be paid more but they do make around $200,000 per year. Where I come from that means the "need" for a second job is really a want.
Exactly. Do you think the ref got "downgraded" for not calling the push the Jets did on Gostowski's FG in regulation? Doubt it.Or like how officials decide to actually start calling field goal pushes not only mid season but mid game, after one goes uncalled earlier in the game?
If ref team chemistry is so important, why break them up at the most critical and HIGHEST PROFILE point of the season.
Peter King said:Meanwhile, the replay assistant and replay official are gathering the television angles seen by however many cameras are working that game. When Steratore, accompanied by Waggoner, reaches the replay booth behind the Bears’ sideline, he puts his headset on and says to replay official Paul Weidner, “Pauly, you have any good angles for me to see?” Weidner does, and—here’s another ref phrase—he “dumps the bucket” of all the plays he has for Steratore. Once Steratore goes inside the curtains in the portable booth and the screen turns on, a timer begins to run: 60, 59, 58, 57 … . At zero the screen will automatically go black.
I found that interesting, too. Only 60 seconds is tough to look at the replays and figure it all out (ball spot, time left, etc.).I thought this bit from the 3rd part was interesting with respect to how replay works:
Yeah, they have to make sure the Broncos get the round ones so that people can't notice how wobbly Peyton's throws are.Another point of new information:
I knew about the K balls; but didnt realize there were TWO SETS of GAME BALLS (one for each team). Got to be tough to keep that straight -not intermingled.