Replay in the MAC??

mk455 · Post by **mk455** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:10 am

MAC to implement replay for football
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Elton Alexander
Plain Dealer Reporter
Detroit- Replay is here to stay in Division I college football, and that includes the Mid-American Conference. One season after the Big Ten experimented successfully with instant replay, nine of 11 Division I-A conferences will utilize replay to review decisions.

On the first day of MAC Football Media Days in Detroit, assistant commissioner Bob Gennarelli said he expects by next season that replay will be a NCAA rule, not just an option.

"We're going to follow the Big Ten prototype to the letter," Gennarelli said. For non-TV games, the MAC will provide a video crew to produce replays, according to the Star Press of Muncie, Ind. Each MAC school will pay between $12,000 and $14,000 to cover the cost of crews at non-televised games, plus install equipment for a replay booth in the press box at a cost of about $3,000, the paper reported.

There are 11 calls that can't be reviewed by replay, including holding, pass interference, personal fouls, face mask or roughing the passer or punter.

There will be no charged timeouts on replays, and all replays will be generated by an official in the booth. Last season in the Big Ten there were 21 plays overturned out of 43 reviewed, with an average time of 2:39 before a decision was made.

"We've got a great road map with what the Big Ten did," Gennarelli said. "This is going to give us the ability to make sure we get things right."

Bowl-ing:

MAC Commissioner Rick Chryst said the league continues to pursue another postseason bowl game to go with the two tie-ins with the Motor City Bowl in Detroit and the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala.

"We continue to work on a permanent third spot," Chryst said. "We continue to work hard to build a game in Toronto."

Privately, MAC officials indicate this should come to fruition by next spring, with the Big East as a bowl partner.

Face time:

The MAC is scheduled to have 34 football games on TV this season, with ESPN showing most of those games on its family of networks.

"Everybody likes to talk about the best-kept secret," said Dan Shoemaker, vice president of ESPN Regional.

"The MAC can compete. The MAC, from their institutions to their coaches to the players on the field, have given us tremendous national stories. That's the reason the league has become a national fixture. Fortunately for us we've been able to chronicle a lot of this."

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:26 pm

I am excited to see how using the replays goes. I am still really surprised that the MAC is getting to use it.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:01 pm

I applaud the MAC for contracting out the video production for games when there is no broadcast. This is the only way to make it work.

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:02 pm

glad we have it

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:07 pm

orangeandbrown wrote:I applaud the MAC for contracting out the video production for games when there is no broadcast. This is the only way to make it work.

I love ya, O&B.

But I think it's a waste of money.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:12 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
orangeandbrown wrote:I applaud the MAC for contracting out the video production for games when there is no broadcast. This is the only way to make it work.
I love ya, O&B.

But I think it's a waste of money.

So are TU television commercials, but they do those anyhow.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:31 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:
Schadenfreude wrote:
orangeandbrown wrote:I applaud the MAC for contracting out the video production for games when there is no broadcast. This is the only way to make it work.
I love ya, O&B.

But I think it's a waste of money.
So are TU television commercials, but they do those anyhow.

Well played.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:45 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
orangeandbrown wrote:I applaud the MAC for contracting out the video production for games when there is no broadcast. This is the only way to make it work.
I love ya, O&B.

But I think it's a waste of money.

Fair enough. But those cameras don't operate themselves.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:47 pm

If TV cameras aren't there ... then I don't see the need for replay.

(I'm not really sold on replay even if there are cameras, but that's just me. )

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:38 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:If TV cameras aren't there ... then I don't see the need for replay.

(I'm not really sold on replay even if there are cameras, but that's just me. )

it wouldnt be fair to use them in some games and not the others in my opinion.
say BG has a close game at kent state and its not on TV, but there is a play that needs to be reviewed but it cant because it is not on TV and it blows the game for BG

but UT and NIU have a televised game and a reversed call goes in favor of UT and it wins them the game by 3.

BG gets screwed and UT gets lucky
(just an example )

point is if it is gonna be used it has to be done at each and every MAC game. not just televised games..besides, the MAC is paying for those replay crews of untelevised games not the schools.

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:55 am

Why does this thread feel like deja vu, or should I say an instant replay.

Oh, and not that kind of deja vu hammb.

mk455 · Post by **mk455** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:21 am

i think there was a topic about replay in the mac before... but as far as i knwo i dont think the article was posted... if it was im sorry

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:37 am

i posted the one before...but there wasnt an article yet..it was speculation and a rumor that i heard... i dont think it was officially announced back then.

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:01 pm

What, you two guys aren't big fans of paronomasia?