WVSSAC to Debut Coaches' Challenge for First Time at Super Six State Championship Football Contests
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on December 05, 2019 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
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Although four schools in the Super Six have an extensive history of reaching this stage, a major change is coming this weekend in Wheeling.
For the first time, instant replay will be permitted at the Super Six, with turnovers and potential scoring plays eligible to be challenged by coaches in each of the three games
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Each team will have two challenges throughout regulation and overtime, regardless of how many are won or lost. Teams will not have a timeout taken away should they lose a challenge.
“We have the technology available and if we can get it right, that’s what we want to do,” WVSSAC clinician Larry McCloy said. “That’s our objective. Hopefully we don’t need to use it, but it is there if we have to.”
Coaches will have a red flag to throw onto the field when they want a play reviewed.
McCloy is responsible for determining the outcome of a challenge and will relay his decision to the officials. McCloy is a 27-year official and spent 17 as rules clinician and interpreter for the Ohio/West Virginia Football Officials Association.
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