From: scott@bell.b17a.ingr.com (Scott Bell)
Subject: Re: Japan vs. USA (spoil, comment)
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:47:24 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.055154.6277@wuecl.wustl.edu>, gene@wucs1.wustl.edu (_Floor_) writes:
|>   Hello! I watcheed the last portion of the triplecast and then rewatched
|>   some of this on NBC's later coverage. Here are some things I discovered
|>   while watching the latter that I didn't know from the former:
       
          I didn't see the triplecast coverage of the games, but NBC did a
          good job covering Game #5. Too bad NBC couldn't cover ALL the games!

|> 
|> 
|> Nippon 13, USA 13: Japan wins a point on their own serve. This puts
|> the score at 14-13 for Japan. Bob Samuelson apparently receives his
|> ___2nd___ yellow card of the game! This should mean a point for 
|> Japan.....and the match!!!!! But the head ref thinks this is his
|> first yellow despite the down ref arguing that it's the 2nd. Play on.

          Maybe that's why Samuelson didn't appear to be as aggresive(
          despite an excellent jump serve) for Game #5. Isn't the 
          scorekeeper supposed to keep track of the number and type of
          cards issued?

          << misc. coverage of the game deleted >>

|> 
|> 16-all. Japan serves. During play, one of the Japanese is in the net
|> and the down ref calls it. He does so apparently by blowing his
|> whistle, walking to the right side of the net (the USA side), motioning
|> against the net, and pointing at the Japan side. Two other important

          << misc. coverage of the game deleted >>
|>
|> Game 5:
|> 
|> Japan spikes from the left (where the head ref is). The ball is blocked and
|> appears to be somewhere near the line where the hitter was. The linesman
|> calls it in. The head ref, not 5 feet from the spot, says it was clearly 
|> out. Replay from down the sideline: definitely in.

          This call, combied w/ the call above and many others, clearly shows
          that the head ref should get a different job. He overruled the
          line judge several times when the t.v. replay clearly shows the
          ruling in favor of the line judge. To put it in polite terms, the
          head ref sucked.
|> 
|> It's interesting that the NBC coverage has better replays.
|> 
        Yep, I agree.

|> The above are only my (hopefully) objective observations of the situations.
|> It appears USA got a lot of calls going the wrong way, but I think the match
|> was already over. Sorry USA, I think Japan's protest will prevail.

         The US team got lucky, in my HMO. They passed pretty badly and had
         alot of problems w/ the Japanese frontline block. The exception was
         Timmons, who had no problem ramming it home. Based on the calls, the
         games could've gone either way. The US came out on top this time.

|> 
|>   _____    "But you can't really call that a dance. It's a walk." - Tony Banks
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  Scott
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