Deathofthebambino said:
Good. If Arizona had won the game, these refs should have been forced to have a press conference with a big screen tv, and explain exactly how they determined it went off a Wisconsin player.
FWIW, while the refs absolutely sucked all night in this one, in the replay you could see the fingers of the Wisconsin player's left hand extending just beyond (above) the top of the Arizona player's head, and they were definitely the last appendages to touch the ball.
Like you, I was initially convinced the replay was inconclusive. But when CBS zoomed in on it, HDTV made it pretty evident to my eyes.
The bigger issue for me with instant replay is that such a call can come down to whether or not there's a broadcast engineer smart and skilled enough in the production truck to enhance the video in that fashion and give the officials a better look.