My main issue isn't even the calls on the field, it's the review process. The amount of time it takes to review a play irritates the crap out of me.
Case in point; the End of the 1st half of the Auburn vs A&M game. Auburn kicks a field goal with about 7 seconds on the clock when the ball is snapped. The ball landed with 4 seconds, and the officials signaled it good at 3 seconds. The clock continued to run and hit 0. You could tell live that time should have been on the clock for a kickoff. One 10 second replay is all that it took to confirm that 3-4 seconds should have been on the clock. The ref shouldn't have to go to the headphones, they should be buzzed down and told what needs to happen.
That call should have taken 30 seconds to correct. Instead it took about 3-4 minutes, Auburn had to come back onto the field from the locker room, and the review still botched the call and added no time when it was painfully obvious it should have been.
It seems like every game there are straight forward calls that go under review and take minutes when they should take seconds. Have the refs wear an earpiece at all times, 1 review official should be onsite assisting. Get New York or Birmingham, or whoever out of it. Simplify the process and make it quicker. There's no way a game should take almost four and a half hours like ours did, especially when replays cost probably a good 20 minutes of that time.
Case in point; the End of the 1st half of the Auburn vs A&M game. Auburn kicks a field goal with about 7 seconds on the clock when the ball is snapped. The ball landed with 4 seconds, and the officials signaled it good at 3 seconds. The clock continued to run and hit 0. You could tell live that time should have been on the clock for a kickoff. One 10 second replay is all that it took to confirm that 3-4 seconds should have been on the clock. The ref shouldn't have to go to the headphones, they should be buzzed down and told what needs to happen.
That call should have taken 30 seconds to correct. Instead it took about 3-4 minutes, Auburn had to come back onto the field from the locker room, and the review still botched the call and added no time when it was painfully obvious it should have been.
It seems like every game there are straight forward calls that go under review and take minutes when they should take seconds. Have the refs wear an earpiece at all times, 1 review official should be onsite assisting. Get New York or Birmingham, or whoever out of it. Simplify the process and make it quicker. There's no way a game should take almost four and a half hours like ours did, especially when replays cost probably a good 20 minutes of that time.