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• Wednesday, September 20, 2006 03:09 PM

  Boren and OU

  Boren is a moderate democrat, and was a very popular governor and senator in the 1980s and 1990s. He was widely discussed as a possible presidential and vice presidential candiate before he left the senate. Over the years he has been dogged by rumors of homesexuality, which I do not believe. He's married and has adult children.

  I personally wish Boren would not have gotten involved, but it is not like this controversy really distracts him much from the educational mission of the school. If Boren personally feels that his institution, fans and team were deliberately shafted, I have no problem with his letter.

  Also, does it matter to people whether the blown on-side kick by the re-play booth was simply a mistake, or was deliberate? It should.

  Mistakes by referees and umpires happen during games. You deal with them and move on.

  This MAY be different.

  It does not seem to be a valid comparison to equate a blown call on the field of play, with a blown call following video review, especially when, as King noted, the proper ruling was so clear.

  I am not aware of any video replay ruling being so wrong and so effectively altering the outcome of the game.

  The PAC 10 says ample video shots were available to make the correct ruling.

  The re-play official claims he got only one view, and his supervisor refers to some type of mysterious mis-communication in the re-play booth.

  However, there are some reports that all of the ABC video shots were actually available. Perhaps more information will be available.

  There are also tapes and recordings that show what the re-play booth personnel were looking at and talking about, but they have yet to be released.

  In the end, OU played well enough to win if the video review system had worked like it should have, regardless of how badly OU played before or after the on-sides kick.

  The game is over for all practical purposes if the video review is properly handled.

  It's illogical to excuse the video replay debacle by claiming that OU should have never let the game get that close, that OU should have played better or that OU still had a chance to score following Oregon's kick-off with about 45 seconds left.

  You need video re-play to work its best in close games. The ruling would have been irrelvant if this would have been a blow-out game.

  The video replay ruling gave Oregon the opportunity to when the game.

  Finally, football and this game are not that important in the grand scheme of things. However, there is nothing wrong with spending a few days griping about this issue, "Fan" is, after all, short for "fanatic."

  —Rocket Read Rocket's other letters
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