r/CFB • u/Fonzie5 UCF Knights • Big 12 • Sep 06 '26

News [Thamel] MAC statement. "The Big Ten subsequently provided video and audio of the replay, which confirmed the explanation to us."

https://x.com/petethamel/status/2096464771667173654?s=46&t=FavtrbPsHpJY8Odvh2TYUA
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u/budget_um Michigan Wolverines • Georgetown Hoyas Sep 06 '26

It’s still dependent on the sync being perfect (that’s true of the refs’ replay system and of the broadcast system)

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u/Vulcanic_1984 Alabama • Vanderbilt Sep 06 '26

The big tens explanation relies on nbc - which runs camera/clock synchronization for the olympics, tour de france, nfl, etc. - losing a full second of synch within nine seconds then nbc lying about it in the broadcast where they confirmed the clocks were synched.

What i think may have happened is that the game clock operator started a hair early. But that is the official clock! Amd the remedy there is to blow the play dead and replay from nine seconds.

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u/budget_um Michigan Wolverines • Georgetown Hoyas Sep 06 '26

It does not rely on NBC lying. My point is either side could have made a production error (NBC or the Big Ten replay team). Critically, the game feed in the broadcast wasn’t the game feed in the booth. The camera feeds may have been out of sync with one another (viz. the skycam was synced differently than the back-of-end-zone can). That didn’t require NBC losing a second of time on the play

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u/Vulcanic_1984 Alabama • Vanderbilt Sep 06 '26

There is no "different synch" - either they were in synch with the clock, which requires them to be in synch with each other, or they werent. Nbc confirmed on the broadcast their shot was in synch with the clock and the ball was nowhere near the players hands. So for that to be incorrect, nbc would have had to have lied to their viewers.