Thursday, March 03, 2005

Now I can go gray more slowly

The Southeastern Conference, following the example that the Big Ten Conference set last year, will experiment with instant replay during all league football games this fall. SEC officiating was particularly atrocious last year, as anyone who tuned in to the Alabama-LSU and Florida-Tennessee games can attest, and instant replay makes so much sense on so many levels that I'm amazed that it's just now catching on in the college ranks.

It's unfair to football players, coaches, and fans whenever a blown call decides a game's outcome. Props to the SEC for taking a big common-sense step to try to alleviate that problem.