Indiana just got jobbed.
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Field Goal was wide. funny to say that they got jobbed, since the play before was such an obvious grounding that wasn't called. Field goal attempt should have been from 53 yards and judging by the way he shanked the 56 yard winning try, would probably have a similar result.
Yes Pinstripe Bowl and Sun Bowl qualify but thats all ive watched...all those bowls with midmajors are sorry
if a vertical laser beam is an issue for a pilot, I think there would be a bigger stadium safety situation to worry about.
The real problem would be the keeping the 4 drones aligned in place to hold the sensors so you can detect when the beam is broken.
How about closing off the top of the goal posts to make things a little more interesting. Kickers would have to aim high enough to avoid blocks, but low enough to get inside the box.
The real problem would be the keeping the 4 drones aligned in place to hold the sensors so you can detect when the beam is broken.
How about closing off the top of the goal posts to make things a little more interesting. Kickers would have to aim high enough to avoid blocks, but low enough to get inside the box.
I always thought an upper bar was a good idea. Maybe even net the thing like a soccer goal and it is in or not. This does make it tougher on kickers but the NFL just changed the extra point distance because kickers have become to good.
While watching parts of this game I was thinking Duke's offense is what we will run next year, and if we were running it this year we would have run more games and bowled, and we have at least the talent level of Duke.
While watching parts of this game I was thinking Duke's offense is what we will run next year, and if we were running it this year we would have run more games and bowled, and we have at least the talent level of Duke.
As specified by RU4Real, infrared lasers are longer wavelengths than those visible to the naked eye.
No flights are allowed directly over most large sporting events barring special circumstances, and none of them would be affected by vertical I.R. Operating for 5-10 seconds on field goal tries..
Field goals should be eliminated. Much more exciting to see teams go for it on 4th down rather than win it with a 50 yard field goal.
It won't be long before 60+ yard field goals are routine, which means all a team would need to do is get across the 50 yard line to score. Boring.
It won't be long before 60+ yard field goals are routine, which means all a team would need to do is get across the 50 yard line to score. Boring.
You'd have the get the 43 of your opponent. And I don't see 60 yarders ever being routine. No prob with your opinion though.
So, yes, overflights are permitted (read: exempted from the temporarily flight restriction) with, as you said, prior authorization.
Just extend the vertical posts another 15ft or, like I and a few others have suggested, add a horizontal bar across the top.
You cannot tell from either of the two camera views that were shown. The first, from behind the goal post, would have been the best angle if the kick was straight. But most field goal kicks have some hook (or slice) to them. From that camera angle, it looks to me that the kick started off inside then curved towards the outside. The problem is that you don't know when the kick curved outwards such that it may have crossed the goal post between or outside of the uprights.
The problem is that the camera under the goal post is near the center of the goal post and not directly under the upright. Since the ball went higher than the goal post, due to an optical property called parallax, it could appear that the ball is between the two goal post when in fact the ball can be further outside than the top of the upright. In fact, if the higher the ball is, the further outside the goal post it can actually be.
Try an experiment. Stand about 10 feet near a telephone pole have someone stand the same distance on the other side of the pole throwing a ball straight up in the air. (For this experiment, it does not have to be a football. Just any ball that can be thrown higher than the pole). Take a picture or video of the ball as it reaches it's highest point. You'll see that the ball can be thrown high enough that it looks like it is on your side of the pole. The reason I said to take a picture instead of judging with your eyes is because you have two eyes which produce slightly different angles and your mind can use that information to estimate the distance of the ball and the distance of the top of the pole.I don't think so. At least, it is not obvious from the two angles shown. The camera angle from under the goal post was near the center of the goal post, not looking is looking up from directly under the upright. From that angle, anything higher than the upright that is close to being good can look good. For a ball that is higher the ball is above the top of the upright, from that camera angle, could appear to be inside the goal post.
Now, remember that I mentioned that two eyes can help resolve the distance to an object. Well there were two camera angles, so theoretically you can calculate the exact trajectory of the ball. However, you would need to know the precise location of both cameras relative to the top of the upright (or relative to some point on the field, since the goal posts are in a known position relative to the field). I'm not sure of the precision required, but given the dimensions, you probably need to know within a few inches. Then you have to synchronize the video from the two cameras (which is not hard to do). I may be missing a third piece of information (I'd have to work out the math, but not going to bother beyond this), which is the angle of the cameras at the instant the ball crosses the back of the end zone. I don't think the camera angles are typically measured for TV and if the camera under the goal post was handheld, then you already lost the position information on that, let alone every knowing what angle the cameraman was pointing at.
BTW, parallax is used for finding the distance to the closest stars to the Sun. Pictures of stars are taken from the Earth during different times of the year. Knowing how the Earth moves through it's orbit around the sun allows astronomers to measure the distance to stars. At some point, the stars are so far away that the parallax angle becomes immeasurable and other methods are required for determining distance.
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The problem is that the camera under the goal post is near the center of the goal post and not directly under the upright. Since the ball went higher than the goal post, due to an optical property called parallax, it could appear that the ball is between the two goal post when in fact the ball can be further outside than the top of the upright. In fact, if the higher the ball is, the further outside the goal post it can actually be.
Try an experiment. Stand about 10 feet near a telephone pole have someone stand the same distance on the other side of the pole throwing a ball straight up in the air. (For this experiment, it does not have to be a football. Just any ball that can be thrown higher than the pole). Take a picture or video of the ball as it reaches it's highest point. You'll see that the ball can be thrown high enough that it looks like it is on your side of the pole. The reason I said to take a picture instead of judging with your eyes is because you have two eyes which produce slightly different angles and your mind can use that information to estimate the distance of the ball and the distance of the top of the pole.I don't think so. At least, it is not obvious from the two angles shown. The camera angle from under the goal post was near the center of the goal post, not looking is looking up from directly under the upright. From that angle, anything higher than the upright that is close to being good can look good. For a ball that is higher the ball is above the top of the upright, from that camera angle, could appear to be inside the goal post.
Now, remember that I mentioned that two eyes can help resolve the distance to an object. Well there were two camera angles, so theoretically you can calculate the exact trajectory of the ball. However, you would need to know the precise location of both cameras relative to the top of the upright (or relative to some point on the field, since the goal posts are in a known position relative to the field). I'm not sure of the precision required, but given the dimensions, you probably need to know within a few inches. Then you have to synchronize the video from the two cameras (which is not hard to do). I may be missing a third piece of information (I'd have to work out the math, but not going to bother beyond this), which is the angle of the cameras at the instant the ball crosses the back of the end zone. I don't think the camera angles are typically measured for TV and if the camera under the goal post was handheld, then you already lost the position information on that, let alone every knowing what angle the cameraman was pointing at.
BTW, parallax is used for finding the distance to the closest stars to the Sun. Pictures of stars are taken from the Earth during different times of the year. Knowing how the Earth moves through it's orbit around the sun allows astronomers to measure the distance to stars. At some point, the stars are so far away that the parallax angle becomes immeasurable and other methods are required for determining distance.
This has been a public service announcement from StarryKnight productions. We now return you to your regularly scheduled internet bickering.
I said 60 plus - not exactly 60 - so your 43 yard comment isn't accurate.
5 active kickers have hit 60+ yard field goals. And, although, the sample size is small, the success rate of 60+ yard field goals was 60%. Nate Kaiding thinks 70 yarders will soon be made.
http://www.slate.com/articles/sport...s_the_nfl_discouraging_long_field_goals_.html
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