European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Commentary the stars and strikes thursday december 13, 1990 a Quot his Ait up t a i 3?> it nil replay officials by Barry Wilner if nil teams can change the course of games in a two minute Drill Why can to the officials figure out a play in the same Tim Joe Montana can win super bowls in less time than it takes some officiating Crews to figure out the Correct line of scrimmage let alone whether someone scored a touchdown recovered a Fumble or went out of Bounds. On monday night in an otherwise highly entertaining game won by the raiders 38-31, the officials seemed to lose their wits and Way late in the game. Lions quarterback Rodney a cute fumbled while running on fourth Down and a wild scramble ensued. The Ball eventually was covered by the Lions Harvey Salem who was on the ground. Realizing the Lions would lose the Ball on Downs Salem then Flung it.  led to Detroit recovering Miles behind the line of scrimmage. Raid cos Ball. Of. Everybody knew that. But it took the officiating Crew More than eight minutes to decipher what had happened a including two penalties against Detroit with Salem whistled for intentional grounding because he threw the Ball while he was on the ground which makes sense. Little else did though. The officials could t figure out where to spot the Ball and it took an interminable conversation with the replay Booth to figure that out. A it was a complicated play on the Field and the delay involved technical problems with communications Between the Field and replay Booth a said league spokesman Greg Aiello. A when Peete fumbled Salem scooped up the Ball and officials ruled he did not possess the Ball which would have ended play at that spot. He pushed it Forward for an illegal pass. A the Ball bounced off the leg of Howie Long and was recovered by Detroit a Terry Greer. The discussion Between the replay official and on Field officials was hampered by crowd noise and technical prob ices. The discussion involved proper interpretation of the Rule whether it was an illegal Forward pass or Fumble and the Correct place for spotting the Hall a As Abc announcer Al Michaels said when the decision finally was made a this play happened yes Torday. Its 12 01.�?� that Wasny talk to Jackson ran around right end for 11 Yards arid a first Down but he fumbled. As the bal was heading out of Bounds linebacker George Jamison slapped at it which is Legal As Long As the Ball is not batted ahead. He sent it Back toward the Lions goal and Detroit covered it. After another Long look at the rep Lay the raiders kept Possession leading to a Field goal a this is one i have to give a lot of credit to the officiating Quot Lions owner William Clay Ford said. A the striped shirts took this one away from  replay official Al Sabato said he looked at three replay views. A after the play went Back on to Carnet Back with another shot with an end zone shot looking into the Fumble in which if i had had that shot i would have overruled the play on the Field a Sabato said. A i did not have it i did not delay it the game anymore after those  however Abc had been showing that replay to the Home viewers and it indicated Jamison was not out of Bounds when he hit the Ball. The biggest question Here is whatever happened to the two minute limit dozens of replay decisions have lingered beyond that allotment which was put into the replay rules this year As an incentive to save the whole thing. Actually according to the nil the Long delays have to do with other factors and not decision making by the replay official the replay official is limited to two minutes for reviews then he must make his decision and Contact the Field a Aiello said. A the replay official is authorized to discuss application of rules and spotting of the Ball with the officiating Crew and that time does not fall under the two minute review limit. A what might be perceived As a violation of our two minute limit actually is not because the limit does not apply to anything but looking at the  still when officials Are huddling walking around the Field huddling again walking to the sidelines to use the Telephone to communicate with the replay Booth it has the air of confusion. And worse incompetence. A a./. A. A a a they re trying to make sure we get it right a Aiello said a a but the Way they re going about it Secyn wrong. The associated press amp u psets1 Georgia Georgia a Litterill Green tries to Block pass by Vanderbilt s Kevin Anglin in tuesday nights game 1 by the associated press Nashville Tenn. A Steve Grant made a 26-foot jumper with one second remaining in overtime tuesday night As Vanderbilt upset no. 11 Georgia 75-74 in the Southeastern conference Vanderbilt tied the game at 66-66 on a pair of free throws by Bruce elder with 25 seconds left in regulation. A a a a a a a / but the commodores trailed throughout the overtime until Grunt a 6-foot, 7-Inch senior Forward launched the first three Point shot of his career. ? Georgia 5-1,0-1 had gotten seven Points from Litterill Green to offset a free throw by Vanderbilt a Todd Milholland and led 73-67 with 1 43 left in overtime. The commodores 4-3, 1-0 came Back on a three Point jumper by Kevin Anglin and two free throws from Scott Draud pulling to 73-72 with 23 seconds left. Georgia a Rod Cole made the second of two free throw attempts with 11 seconds left. Grant then took a pass just beyond mid court and dribbled three times before pulling up for the game Winnen Georgia tried a desperation full court pass with one second left but Vanderbilt a elder intercepted the Ball at the Buzzer Draud led Vanderbilt with 18 Points Anglin scored 16 and Grant 14, Georgia a Green scored 33 Points. In other top 25 games tuesday night College basketball Arkansas 101, s. Alabama 91 Fayetteville Ark. Arkansas and South Alabama showed up for their game tuesday night. The officials however were nowhere to be found. Second ranked Arkansas beat South Alabama after local officials were found to replace the Sun Belt conference referees who either weren t assigned or just did no to make it to the Arena. The game began an hour late and was officiated by Mike Fox a Southwest conference official and Johnny Gabbard who. Referees local High school games. Todd Day scored 20 of his 26 Points in the second half for Arkansas 8-1lee Mayberry added 25. Marvin Eackles led the jaguars 4-1 with 18 Points and Bobby Curtis added 17,3 St. Johns 57, Brooklyn College 47 a new York a freshman shawnelle Scott starting for one of two suspended St. Johns players scored 20 Points As. The 14tn-ranked redmen Hung on to beat Brooklyn College. The redmen 7-0 were playing without senior Forward Billy Singleton and Junior guard Chucky sproling who were suspended for the game by the school for failure to adhere to the athletic departments academic rules and regulations a Aba from Page 17 coming on the heels of a 23-assist Effort saturday night against the los a Angeles clippers. Mitch Richmond and Tim Hardaway led the warriors with 28 Points each. Suns 113, Kings 90 Phoenix a Kevin Johnson scored 11 of his 26 Points in the third period As Phoenix beat Sacramento for the seventh straight time. Nuggets 128, bullets 135 Denver a Orlando Woolridge scored 33 Points arid Denver rallied in the final Zvi minutes to beat Washington. Bernard King scored 34 Points for the bullets. �?�.����. A. Trail blazers 122, pacers 96 Portland Ore. A Kevin Duckworth scored 21 Points and Clyde Drexler added 20, including u in the decisive third Quarter As Portland beat Indiana. By the associated press Inglewood Calif. A Troy Mal Lette continued to Star on the Road scoring consecutive goals tuesday night As the new York rangers beat los Angeles 6-4, keeping the Kings wingless in their last seven games. The rangers raced to a 6-0 Lead before the Kings scored four goals in the final period two of them by Wayne Gretzky. The rangers who routed the Kings 9-4 at new York on halloween night ended a three game losing  has scored seven of his nine goals on the Road. His second goal gave new York a 4-0 Lead 4 29 into the second period and drove Daniel Berthiaume from the Kings nets. In other games tuesday night flames 5, North stars 4 Bloomington Minn. A Mac Innis the no la Stop scoring defens Eman extended his scoring Streak to seven games with a goal and two assists As Calgary built a 5-1 Lead before holding off anal Roundup third period rally by Minnesota Robert Reichel scored twice for the flames who Are unbeaten 4-0-3 in their last seven Road games. Dave Gagner had two goals for Minnesota. Islanders 3, devils 2 Union Dale . A Ray Ferraro a second goal of the game with 42 seconds remaining in regulation gave the new York a Victory Over new Jersey snapping the islanders seven game wingless Streak. Redwings 8, sabres 3 Detroit Steve Yzerman and John Uia Bot scored twice and Rookie Keith Pri mean netted his first nil goal during a a goal second period As Detroit handed Buffalo its third straight loss. Goaltender Glen Hanlon backs topped the offensive outburst with a 28-save performance As the red wings broke a four game wingless Streak. Zuman added three assists for his second five Point game of the season. He moved into fourth place on Detroit s All Fine scoring list with 733 Points. Yzerman trails Gordie Howe 1,809alex Delvecehio 1281 and Norm Ullman 758capitals 4, flyers 1 Lan Dover my a Dino Ciccarelli scored one goal and assisted on another As Washington Defeated Philadelphia. Blackhawk 4, penguins 1 Pittsburgh a Troy Murray Steve Larmer and Mike Mcneill scored just Over four minutes apart in the third period to lift Chicago Over Pittsburgh jets 3, blues 3 St. Louis a Winnipeg wound up with its fourth straight tie As Phil Sykes second goal of the night in the third period enabled the jets to rally against St.  on an television a _ new York islanders at Philadelphia 1 30 . Friday