Even if the right call was technically made, the B1G just looks so bad through all of this, with their refusal to acknowledge any of their mistakes and inconsistencies throughout this whole process. Great, there are two clocks, whatever those are. Is it the scorebug plus the stadium clock? The stadium plus the network's camera pointed at the stadium clock? Another variation? Saturday, you implied there was a 3rd clock only review officials could see, so what is that about? Who knows because they refuse to clarify.
Our official review protocol says that if those clocks aren't synced properly, they are supposed to default to whatever the networks have access to. This makes perfect sense. It's a better look for the legitimacy of the system to use the clock that millions of people can see rather than the 10 guys in the replay center. This protocol wasn't followed, whether knowingly or by accident (I'm guessing they knew but didn't stop to check what the protocol was). and has now added to the existing controversy because now everyone knows they didn't follow the protocol, in addition to the backlash over the previous 72 hours, which was the whole reason for the protocol to exist in the first place.
At this point, the B1G needs to come out with transparency. What exactly happened, why, and how is it being avoided in the future? There's no protocol (lots of protocols in this situation) for changing the result of a game retroactively. That fact has been spreading around the internet since the MAC said they were going to appeal. But that shouldn't give the conference a pass to sweep this under the rug like it isn't a legitimate controversy. They threw NBC under the bus for having the "wrong" clock just for it to come out they were supposed to use the same clock that NBC had access to, not some other one. Screw it, add a segment into Big Noon that is a full tour of the replay center where they explain how it all works and what they do in detail.
Transparency. Otherwise, most of CFB fandom isn't going to ever take official reviews by B1G refs seriously again. They'll think they're cheating, inept, or both.
Our official review protocol says that if those clocks aren't synced properly, they are supposed to default to whatever the networks have access to. This makes perfect sense. It's a better look for the legitimacy of the system to use the clock that millions of people can see rather than the 10 guys in the replay center. This protocol wasn't followed, whether knowingly or by accident (I'm guessing they knew but didn't stop to check what the protocol was). and has now added to the existing controversy because now everyone knows they didn't follow the protocol, in addition to the backlash over the previous 72 hours, which was the whole reason for the protocol to exist in the first place.
At this point, the B1G needs to come out with transparency. What exactly happened, why, and how is it being avoided in the future? There's no protocol (lots of protocols in this situation) for changing the result of a game retroactively. That fact has been spreading around the internet since the MAC said they were going to appeal. But that shouldn't give the conference a pass to sweep this under the rug like it isn't a legitimate controversy. They threw NBC under the bus for having the "wrong" clock just for it to come out they were supposed to use the same clock that NBC had access to, not some other one. Screw it, add a segment into Big Noon that is a full tour of the replay center where they explain how it all works and what they do in detail.
Transparency. Otherwise, most of CFB fandom isn't going to ever take official reviews by B1G refs seriously again. They'll think they're cheating, inept, or both.
