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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:00 AM

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Oklahomans agree: Instant replay is a joke! OK, one state down, 49 to go.

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  • Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:00 AM

    Football not a Video Game

    This is real life, not a video game. Instant replay can never work, because, as any graduate of high school physics would know (apparently the NCAA and the NFL ditched that class), video is in 2 dimensions and real life is in 3. Ergo, what appears "indisputable" on video may or may not be "indisputable" in real life. I would say to the Oklahoma fans, did you watch the Super Bowl last year? Oklahoma Oregon is only an early season college game, whereas the Super Bowl is a billion dollar industry. And the refs still couldn't get it right.

    It's time to admit IR does not work, and let it go...

    —run fast and win Read run fast and win's other letters

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