90 degree laser pointers on yard markers to come soon...

[Nickhead]

ROFL

discuss :thumb:

[Stinger]

Nah....... i like the old school paper method. :thumb:

[Nickhead]

i can see the incremental conversion to futball taking shape. they played the white card.

i want to see the camera angle on the other yard marker, was it centered on the backside white line:D

[Nickhead]

to be fair, a framing square would have been more accurate. :thumb:

[carcosa]

huh

[Nickhead]

huh

the first down was so questionably close the ref used a white index card to determine the outcome. was a first down..

oakland dallas game ROFL

[kcpasco]

ROFL the fact that dumb ref used a folded piece of paper

[carcosa]

the first down was so questionably close the ref used a white index card to determine the outcome. was a first down..

oakland dallas game ROFL

thats wacky

[TLO]

Never seen something like that before!

[lcarus]

Ahaha carr fumbled at the 1 into the endzone

[Nickhead]

this was a funktified weekend for certain. on top of this game, the pitt ne game too... fuckin hell! :D

[cooper barrett]

What was the MIL-SPEC on the paper? Oh wait, Goodell has value. He be better get on this right away.

https://i.giphy.com/media/9NBSmrqTzt3Hy/giphy.webp

[lawrenceRaider]

the first down was so questionably close the ref used a white index card to determine the outcome. was a first down..

oakland dallas game ROFL

Except that there was a gap between the ball touching the paper and the stick.

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/25398349_10215143940935788_406374517743015295_o.jpg?oh=de9c35775aa0c1ff1d139ea5a9d44cfe&oe=5ACC54A7

[MahiMike]

My idea 15 yrs ago

[Shaid]

Except that there was a gap between the ball touching the paper and the stick.

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/25398349_10215143940935788_406374517743015295_o.jpg?oh=de9c35775aa0c1ff1d139ea5a9d44cfe&oe=5ACC54A7

The paper looks like it's in there at an angle. Don't they generally just roll the ball to see if it hits the stick if it's that close?

[Pasta Little Brioni]

He was short plus a bad spot. Faid got fucked. Oh well ROFL

[Sully]

There is no answer to this until they give in and just use electronics to measure, but...
- They eyeball the spot of the ball on every play
- They eyeball where to place the chains from a couple dozen yards away every time there is a new set of downs.
---But yet they are going to pretend that the dramatic measuring of the first down, using a piece of paper is legit? It's absurd. It is all for the dramatic moment.

[lawrenceRaider]

The paper looks like it's in there at an angle. Don't they generally just roll the ball to see if it hits the stick if it's that close?

Yes, and you can see that the chain is at an angle there making it shorter. It wasn't a FD, not that it mattered in the end it was Carr's fumble through the EZ that lost the game. Though there were many dubious calls in the Cows favor through out the game that definitely helped the Cows win.

[Sully]

There is no answer to this until they give in and just use electronics to measure, but...
- They eyeball the spot of the ball on every play
- They eyeball where to place the chains from a couple dozen yards away every time there is a new set of downs.
---But yet they are going to pretend that the dramatic measuring of the first down, using a piece of paper is legit? It's absurd. It is all for the dramatic moment.

Also, we aren't even sure, when they measure, that the sticks are fully perpendicular to the yard lines, making the "paper-measurement" even more silly.

[Buehler445]

There is no answer to this until they give in and just use electronics to measure, but...
- They eyeball the spot of the ball on every play
- They eyeball where to place the chains from a couple dozen yards away every time there is a new set of downs.
---But yet they are going to pretend that the dramatic measuring of the first down, using a piece of paper is legit? It's absurd. It is all for the dramatic moment.

Very much so. No excuse to not use telemetry on the field.

[Demonpenz]

Very much so. No excuse to not use telemetry on the field.

That ref's face was funny like he knew that was his moment to shine. Took a long pause then pointed first down. Epic drama and comedy.

[JakeLV]

Ball with sensors in both ends of the ball. Broadcasts constantly. use 6 to 8 meters stationed around the field to triangulate the ball position.

[threebag]

ROFL the fact that dumb ref used a folded piece of paper

It wouldn't have mattered if he used a cinder block. Only thing that mattered was the plane common to the nose of the football.

Nonetheless it was funny as hell

[displacedinMN]

Ball with sensors in both ends of the ball. Broadcasts constantly. use 6 to 8 meters stationed around the field to triangulate the ball position.

In today's world-this should have happened 5 years ago.

[digger]

So is this even in the rules? A piece of paper WTF?

[eDave]

So is this even in the rules? A piece of paper WTF?

They didn't know what to do. And the announcers were saying they hadn't ever seen something like this before. Which is BS. Shaid has the wisdom on this one. Common sense, in hind sight.

[lawrenceRaider]

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/25396262_1634603089911339_8305026935321742487_n.jpg?oh=6402f0449c640c7815fd4ff7eefb46fe&oe=5AB8974C

[lcarus]

I've thought about GPSing the football ever since the late 80s/early 90s when I started watching football. It technically could be done, but it would lead to other issues. With instant replay and eyeballs it shouldn't be that hard to get a spot and measurement 95% accurate.

[Dayze]

there's no way GPS sensors, or otherwise, installed in a football could withstand the velocity of an Alex Smith pass.

[oldman]

Faid got ****ed. Oh well ROFL

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch, except maybe the Cheatriots.