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Posted on Tue, Sep. 18, 2007
UNC notes: When can coach challenge?
KEN TYSIAC
North Carolina football coach Butch Davis is asking the ACC for clarification on rules regarding coaches' use of video during games, after Virginia coach Al Groh's successful replay challenge Saturday.
Replay officials overturned a call and said Virginia kicker Chris Gould's 48-yard field goal was good. A report during the TV broadcast of the game indicated Groh challenged the call on advice of someone who'd watched video of the kick.
"It was actually Virginia athletics staff called down to the coaches on the field and said `(from) our angle, it looked like this thing went through,' " Raycom/Lincoln Financial sideline reporter Scott Pryzwansky said, according to a transcript provided by North Carolina spokesman Kevin Best.
"The word got to coach Groh and the coaching staff, and that's how this all started from the Virginia athletic crew and their videotaping of the game," Pryzwansky reported.
ACC rules specify that coaches in the press box and on the sideline can't use video during the game for coaching purposes or to decide whether to challenge a call.
But a team's video coordinator or even somebody sitting in the stands is allowed to urge coaches to challenge a call, said ACC football spokesman Mike Finn.
Pryzwansky's version conflicts with the postgame statement of Groh, who has said he challenged the call after Gould and student managers insisted the kick was good.
Finn said the ACC has been told a student manager got Groh's attention. Virginia spokesman Mike Colley said there was no shortage of people on the sideline saying the kick was good.
Davis said despite his concern for procedure, the replay review resulted in a correct call.
"Make no mistake about it, he made the kick," Davis said.
He said he expects to hear from the ACC by Wednesday.
The three points proved to be the difference in Virginia's 22-20 victory.
UNC notes: When can coach challenge?
KEN TYSIAC
North Carolina football coach Butch Davis is asking the ACC for clarification on rules regarding coaches' use of video during games, after Virginia coach Al Groh's successful replay challenge Saturday.
Replay officials overturned a call and said Virginia kicker Chris Gould's 48-yard field goal was good. A report during the TV broadcast of the game indicated Groh challenged the call on advice of someone who'd watched video of the kick.
"It was actually Virginia athletics staff called down to the coaches on the field and said `(from) our angle, it looked like this thing went through,' " Raycom/Lincoln Financial sideline reporter Scott Pryzwansky said, according to a transcript provided by North Carolina spokesman Kevin Best.
"The word got to coach Groh and the coaching staff, and that's how this all started from the Virginia athletic crew and their videotaping of the game," Pryzwansky reported.
ACC rules specify that coaches in the press box and on the sideline can't use video during the game for coaching purposes or to decide whether to challenge a call.
But a team's video coordinator or even somebody sitting in the stands is allowed to urge coaches to challenge a call, said ACC football spokesman Mike Finn.
Pryzwansky's version conflicts with the postgame statement of Groh, who has said he challenged the call after Gould and student managers insisted the kick was good.
Finn said the ACC has been told a student manager got Groh's attention. Virginia spokesman Mike Colley said there was no shortage of people on the sideline saying the kick was good.
Davis said despite his concern for procedure, the replay review resulted in a correct call.
"Make no mistake about it, he made the kick," Davis said.
He said he expects to hear from the ACC by Wednesday.
The three points proved to be the difference in Virginia's 22-20 victory.