For some reason while reading this article the term Dicker-rod came to mind. If I posted that term on other platforms, I'm sure this comment would be flagged and blocked for being vulgar.
Anyone else old enough to remember what it was used for back in the early 70's? It wasn't an appliance on plaid slacks.
For some reason while reading this article the term Dicker-rod came to mind. If I posted that term on other platforms, I'm sure this comment would be flagged and blocked for being vulgar.
Anyone else old enough to remember what it was used for back in the early 70's? It wasn't an appliance on plaid slacks.
Anyway, I think the article is unraveling a simple truth. Technology is being used to help ensure the right call is made and to ensure the clock and downs are tracked perfectly.
For some reason, we as humans tend to rely on and believe the technology is always correct/infallible. I can't help but wonder if we inadvertently become less skilled at something because we know the "technology" will cover for us if we make a mistake.
The WSU coaches knew they only played first down. I believe deep down the officials knew, but everyone looked at the technology as the authoritative mechanism to make the final call.
If we didn't have the technology that makes life so grand, most likely an old anal referee would have looked at his little notepad he scribbled on with a golf pencil to see that the play was only first down.
But, all they had to do was ask the replay booth to take 2 minutes to view the last play to verify which down it was. Video...the old Dicker-rod. Old technology that is sometimes easily dismissed. I think my calcified brain was trying to tell me something.
LOL, i also remember "The DickerRod". I thought former USC receiver Sam Dickerson invented it, but upon researching it, not true. George Dicker did, and it was used in the WFL. Sam was a grrreat USC receiver. Thanks for the memory lane visit, Dave M
For some reason while reading this article the term Dicker-rod came to mind. If I posted that term on other platforms, I'm sure this comment would be flagged and blocked for being vulgar.
Anyone else old enough to remember what it was used for back in the early 70's? It wasn't an appliance on plaid slacks.
Anyway, I think the article is unraveling a simple truth. Technology is being used to help ensure the right call is made and to ensure the clock and downs are tracked perfectly.
For some reason, we as humans tend to rely on and believe the technology is always correct/infallible. I can't help but wonder if we inadvertently become less skilled at something because we know the "technology" will cover for us if we make a mistake.
The WSU coaches knew they only played first down. I believe deep down the officials knew, but everyone looked at the technology as the authoritative mechanism to make the final call.
If we didn't have the technology that makes life so grand, most likely an old anal referee would have looked at his little notepad he scribbled on with a golf pencil to see that the play was only first down.
But, all they had to do was ask the replay booth to take 2 minutes to view the last play to verify which down it was. Video...the old Dicker-rod. Old technology that is sometimes easily dismissed. I think my calcified brain was trying to tell me something.
Keep it simple...
LOL, i also remember "The DickerRod". I thought former USC receiver Sam Dickerson invented it, but upon researching it, not true. George Dicker did, and it was used in the WFL. Sam was a grrreat USC receiver. Thanks for the memory lane visit, Dave M