3.23.2005

880 and looking for 884 this year.


Today's Knoxville News Sentinel Front Page


The front page of the KNS Sports Section


The South stands at TBA - a part of the 13,000 witnesses to history


95% or so of the fans stayed for the presentation ceremony for
Coach Summitt. They had to wait for a long TV interview with no audio
in the arena. Bad planning on the part of ESPN2 and the NCAA.
None the less we waited patiently in honor of Coach Summitt and her
magnificent accomplishment. A great time was had by all.


A great picture of Pat and her extended family
from the Official Tennessee Lady Vols Website

3.20.2005

879 Ties a Record and so does Z.


CRISPY at TBA with Pom Pom Man, PrimaDonnaNot, Aceland, & Real Tall Shorty
Aurabass's Mom thanks Crispy for the Z and Hornbuckle Pins!!!!!


Meanie Heads practice looking MEAN


ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 28 Z's for Shanna Zolman
who ties her own game high record
and the Z signs were out all night.

Pom Pom Man demonstrates the reversed Z.

3.07.2005

SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP in Greenville SC.


LADY VOLS are SEC CHAMPIONS!!!!!


First Auburn


Then Vandy


RTS & PDN Gettin Sidney Wit It


TIKI BOB'S was Lady Vols Pep Rally Headquarters


Lady Vols Athletic Director Cronan & UT President Peterson at Tiki Bob's


Our ex-of-UCONN UT President Peterson leads the cheers!!!


Former Alumni Assoc Presidents Bozeman & Lashlee confer with Pres. Emeritus Boling at Tiki Bob's


Howard Bozeman - oldest living UT Alumni President(86) & Torchbearer wife Barbara enjoy the festivities at Tiki Bob's (my parents)


Dr. Boling, T.O. Lashlee, Howard & Barbara Bozeman, and John Fugate watch Dr. Peterson lead the cheers.


Tiki Bob's had Big Orange Crowds dancing inside.


Singing Rocky Top outside


Big Shanna fan's dancing with Smokey


Everybody had a great time


Greenville was a great place on a beautiful weekend
It could not have been better. An SEC Championship
Great restaurants & a beautiful setting.
The unique suspension bridge over Reedy Falls in downtown Greenville.


Howard & Barbara Bozeman on the bridge over the Reedy River


Reedy Falls and the park


Up stream on the Reedy River from Main Street


Main Street in Greenville - 10 blocks of restaurants and shops


The Westin Poinsett - Team hotel for the SEC Champion Lady Vols on Main


Pandemonium in the Bi Lo Center
TENNESSEE WINS

3.06.2005

A Foot "touching" the Line

AN EXPERIMENT IN TOE TOUCHING PHOTOGRAPHY

Left angle is from a location approximating center court above and behind the line
Center angle is directly above the shoe.
Right angle is from in front of the shoe.

The shoe and the "line" remained in exactly the same positions.

Cameras and angles obviously can make a foot look like it is touching a line when it is not.

STOP THE PRESSES - I FOUND MY DVR RECORDED A REPLAY OF THE BAMA-LSU TOE JAM AT HALFTIME OF THE AUBURN UT GAME. HERE ARE THE PICS.




Three screen shots of the toe "touching" the line in three resolutions.
The camera that caught this shot was in front of the foot.
It was at wide angle.
I shot a digital picture of the DVR image on my SONY WEGA HD TV.
This is the exact size of the image on the 36" Sony

Notice the way the line bleeds and the black shoe bleeds.(adjacent pixels contain some of the black color and shadow)
This is very very close but I discern a miniscule space between the shoe and the line in the picture. On the HD TV it is more distinct.
The SEC quarter finals were not shot or broadcast in High Definition. This means the resolution is less than half as good as high definition.

Note the shadow/bleed in front of the right shoe.
Between the shadow, the bleed, and wide angle of the camera shot it is almost impossible to tell. It was that close.

I think that's a ridiculous difference for officials to make a call that decides a game.

In the UCONN-Rutgers BEast Championship a similar call was made.
This time I was able to watch the same replay the officals saw on that ridiculously small monitor on my 36" Sony in High Definition from the ESPNHD feed on cable.

On my monitor it was clear that the toe was NOT touching the line.
The officials said it was and called it a 2 point shot.
They were clearly wrong.
I don't know if their monitor was High Def or not but if officials are going to review this "touching" the line stuff that closely they should have adequate monitors on which to view the proximity of the foot to the line.

Read the responses from officials on The Officiating Forum and this thread on The SUmmiTT for more views on this controversy.

Thanks to the good folks at the excellent WOMEN'S HOOPS WEBLOG for the link.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN - in the SEC Men's Tourney
South Carolina hit a 3 to tie the game.
The officials consulted this tiny monitor:

and decided they couldn't tell for sure it was a three
and called the game for Ole Miss

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