11-19-2012, 01:47 PM
Great quote from the column:
"I'm beginning to wonder if replay has gotten beyond the point of just correcting obvious errors. Are we just getting into the minutia of things?
TV announcer Mike Patrick once said of replay: If you look at it the first time and see it's wrong, then change it. But if you have to look at the play over and over again, then leave it alone.
I agree."
Mike Pereira just rendered himself a self-cancelling phrase. His sole job on Fox Sports, as far as I can tell, is to offer an opinion from the booth on the minutia of things when it comes to replay. If all replays should be decided on the basis of one look at the video, who needs Mike Pereira? And, especially, who needs Mike Pereira writing a column the day AFTER the game? I'm reminded of Lou Holtz's reasoning after the N.D. game when he said that, of course, Taylor didn't score and N.D. won, because, after all, N.D. had not lost yet this season.
"I'm beginning to wonder if replay has gotten beyond the point of just correcting obvious errors. Are we just getting into the minutia of things?
TV announcer Mike Patrick once said of replay: If you look at it the first time and see it's wrong, then change it. But if you have to look at the play over and over again, then leave it alone.
I agree."
Mike Pereira just rendered himself a self-cancelling phrase. His sole job on Fox Sports, as far as I can tell, is to offer an opinion from the booth on the minutia of things when it comes to replay. If all replays should be decided on the basis of one look at the video, who needs Mike Pereira? And, especially, who needs Mike Pereira writing a column the day AFTER the game? I'm reminded of Lou Holtz's reasoning after the N.D. game when he said that, of course, Taylor didn't score and N.D. won, because, after all, N.D. had not lost yet this season.