Of course, a lot of good this does now. Probably being a homer, but doesn't it feel like we get a lot of these post-game blown call apologies? I know Mason had a few of them in his back pocket.
http://www.twincities.com/2016/07/2...still-regrets-targeting-call-against-gophers/
Big Ten coordinator of officials still regrets targeting call against Gophers
CHICAGO — Big Ten football officials called targeting penalties 21 times last season. After video review, they reversed that call on the field nine times, and coordinator of football officials Bill Carollo wants one back.
In the second quarter of a scoreless game Nov. 7 between the Gophers and Ohio State, Buckeyes safety Joshua Perry was flagged for targeting as Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner threw an interception. Vonn Bell then returned it 16 yards for a touchdown.
After rewinding the footage multiple times, the call was reversed, and the Buckeyes took a 7-0 lead en route to a 28-14 victory at Ohio Stadium.
“I know these targeting plays that still hang with me,” Carollo said Tuesday at Big Ten media days.
“It was a targeting call based on the video from television that was brought into the replay booth,” Carollo said. “The play was reversed by one of my senior replay officials, who is an expert at it, based on that video.”
Carollo said that following Monday he received another video opposite the original evidence from the press box side of the field. “Someone sent it to the office and said, ‘What about this?’ ” Carollo said. “I said, ‘Whoa.’ ”
“(Leidner) got hit in the chin; it’s wrong,” Carollo said. “That is one of the mistakes that, I can’t say I downgraded the replay based on that information, but technically, that was a big mistake.”
What added to the error was the new official added to the crew, the center judge, which is positioned near the referee in the offensive backfield. This type of call is in the center judge’s purview.
With the call against the Gophers considered, the targeting rules have been expanded this season to further include whether it’s a defenseless player. Leidner in a throwing motion would seem to constitute “defenseless.”
“We are giving the official the ability to look at the entire play and decide: Was he really defenseless?” Carollo said.
http://www.twincities.com/2016/07/2...still-regrets-targeting-call-against-gophers/
Big Ten coordinator of officials still regrets targeting call against Gophers
CHICAGO — Big Ten football officials called targeting penalties 21 times last season. After video review, they reversed that call on the field nine times, and coordinator of football officials Bill Carollo wants one back.
In the second quarter of a scoreless game Nov. 7 between the Gophers and Ohio State, Buckeyes safety Joshua Perry was flagged for targeting as Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner threw an interception. Vonn Bell then returned it 16 yards for a touchdown.
After rewinding the footage multiple times, the call was reversed, and the Buckeyes took a 7-0 lead en route to a 28-14 victory at Ohio Stadium.
“I know these targeting plays that still hang with me,” Carollo said Tuesday at Big Ten media days.
“It was a targeting call based on the video from television that was brought into the replay booth,” Carollo said. “The play was reversed by one of my senior replay officials, who is an expert at it, based on that video.”
Carollo said that following Monday he received another video opposite the original evidence from the press box side of the field. “Someone sent it to the office and said, ‘What about this?’ ” Carollo said. “I said, ‘Whoa.’ ”
“(Leidner) got hit in the chin; it’s wrong,” Carollo said. “That is one of the mistakes that, I can’t say I downgraded the replay based on that information, but technically, that was a big mistake.”
What added to the error was the new official added to the crew, the center judge, which is positioned near the referee in the offensive backfield. This type of call is in the center judge’s purview.
With the call against the Gophers considered, the targeting rules have been expanded this season to further include whether it’s a defenseless player. Leidner in a throwing motion would seem to constitute “defenseless.”
“We are giving the official the ability to look at the entire play and decide: Was he really defenseless?” Carollo said.
