Because the replays that we see are the same ones that the coaches in the booth see (and thus decide to challenge the plays). Fox controls all the cameras... there aren't seperate cameras there for people in the stadium vs. the ones broadcast to television. You could see Payton was waiting to challenge the play, but never could... he would have lost anyways, but he didn't know that.
I'm suprised the Colts and Bears have never played in a championship game... those are two major historical franchises.
Are you sure about that? Every time I've been at a sporting event, there have been plays, replays, etc. showing on the screens in the stadium that weren't being shown on tv. You're telling me the jumbotrons in stadiums are just TV's tuned to FOX? I don't believe that. In any case, he could still have challenged. He could have asked his players who were on the field or coaches who might have had a better view if they thought he should challenge, or gone with what he saw. Plenty of times a player who was involved (i.e. a receiver who caught a ball that was initially ruled incomplete) will tell the coach to challenge.
Often times, the home-team can control what replays are actually shown on the jumbo-tron... but the replays themselves come from the cameras that Fox or CBS controls. Also, you see FAR more replays if you're watching a game at home than if you're watching it in a stadium (one of the major beefs I've always had). Sure, he could have challenged it anyways... but normally, they see a replay before making that sort of decision. (and you could see him talking to his assistant, asking him if he heard anything from upstairs).
I could tell from rewinding my TIVO that it was a TD. They didn't need a replay from some other angle for that. I would imagine they have a pretty good TIVO-type system in the booths to slow things down and look at coverage and such.
The Bears organization better pay Lovie Smith his money this off-season!!!!! He makes like $1.2 mill a year. SHOW HIM THE MONEY
They definitely do... but the 50 yard-line camera doesn't always provide the best view (it was fine for this play).
I don't know if I could have taken another 2 weeks of heart-warming Katrina recovery stories. That being said, the Saints have nothing to be ashamed of- they had a great season, miraculous turnaround, and just fell short today to a superior team.
Hmm... didn't realize that Reggie Bush was taunting URLACHER on that TD play (I knew he was pointing at somebody)... wtf was he thinking? (in addition to the meaningless/dangeroud flip). The way Urlacher and the defense stepped it up after that (causing the safety), its not suprising if he/they used it as extra motivation.
This isn't 100% true. The people in the booth have access to team controlled cameras as well as the cameras from FOX. In either case, they can ask for certain views. That's why you'll see the challenge sometimes when the station hasn't shown the replay yet.
First of all, they're all cameras that belong to the network... the team doesn't have their own cameramen out there, besides those hand-held/remote ones that are used to show shots of people in the audience (and then, that's still the home team). The stadium uses the 50 yard line cam for the jumbotron (not that dinky floating cam view, that I hate). Unless they're sitting in their own production truck, which shows ALL cameras at all times... it would be hard to coordinate something of that magnitude in the short amount of time between a TD and an extra point WITHOUT some sort of initial replay to guide them (which they have access to). I know they can ask for multiple views... but if the production truck hasn't relayed them to the stadium yet, what are they supposed to do? The fact that Fox didn't have a single initial replay (which they always do) represented some sort of technical error.
Da Bears will practice directly across the street from me in preparation for the big game; pictures will most definitely follow.
When the punk did that, I knew the Bears would win. It's never really a good idea to taunt one of the best defensive players on the best defense in the league when you're still down and you're on the road. Mo. Ron.
Agreed - but the emphasis being placed on this by sports writers is ridiculous. Peter King (mr. I love everything New England) rants about this in his goofy column, whereas last week he spent about 10,000 words defending the patriots victory dance at San Diego. Bush is no better or worse than any other overpaid showboat.
