The Red Sox lost tonight in a game 7 matchup against the Rays in Tampa. The Rays pitcher Garza had a heck of a game, and the Red Sox offense fell just short. The Red Sox once again left RISP and men on base. Theyve been doing this every game so far.
The Dallas Cowboys sat Tony Romo today in their game against the Rams, and it likely cost them the game. They lost 34-14, and the Rams running back Stephen Jackson had his biggest game in two years, with over 100 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. Marion Barber had 100 yards and 1 touchdown, but backup quarterback Brad Johnson looked like he is 100 years old. New wideout Roy Williams did basically nothing all game, and until Romo gets back I dont think this team has one player motivated to win, other then Demarcus Ware, who has an ongoing sack streak that is an NFL record.
The Raiders today beat Brett Favre and the Jets in an overtime game that was full of soft defenses and mediocre offenses. Sebastian Janakowski, the Raiders Kicker, made a 57 yard field goal in overtime to win the game. This marks the longest overtime kick ever, a bright spot on a decade of darkness for the raiders.
Since this is a technology related LRC class i will discuss the integration of sports and technology in this next portion called...
SPORTS TECHNOLOGY BIT: The use of camera review, or the "coach's challenge" in the NFL is a great use of technology during the game. This allows close plays, and especially close and important ones, to be reviewed by officials from a booth in the stadium, and by the lead official on the field. This makes the game slow down a little, but generally ends up in all plays being accurately called, and thus the games fairness is increased. The real result of the play will be called either on the field, or with conclusive video evidence viewed by the referees.
Another use of technology in football is in the helmets of the captains on the field. They have headsets in there which allows them to recieve plays from their coaches on the sideline. This facilitates the players jobs, and allows them to secretively discuss plays oppose to having to use hand signals (that can be easily viewed by the opponents) or having different player personnel have to switch every play and come into the game after being told the play from the coach.
Technology is everywhere...in the classroom, on the field, and outside of both as well. It is important to understand that as technology advances, so will mankind. The use of tech-related devices, in my opinion, is almost always good, and especially in the cases stated above related to football.
Until next time, take care.
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I like the inclusion of technology you've started. I remember when they started using the flying camera, strung across the field and able to go anywhere and get any angle, almost.
I agree with you about the Raiders having a decade of darkness. As you know the SD Chargers and the Raiders have a serious rivalry. Luckily, the Chargers have beat them most of the time in the past few years. I love the coaches challenge technology as well. It has saved many plays that could have hurt my team. I used to referee basketball, and I realized how difficult it actually is to call the plays correctly each and every time. Officials are people, and make mistakes, so the coaches challenge is a good tactic to overcome those mistakes.
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