# Another Football Question - I Was Robbed!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752 "2001-10-16T17:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/1 "2001-10-16T17:04:55Z")
I’ve got another Madden 99 Football Question. I have to vent here since I can’t make a Coach’s Challenge in the game (challenges didn’t exist in 1999, did they?). My question is [here](http://www.geocities.com/sdimbert/TD). I apoligize, in advance, about the X10 Pop-Up ad you will subjected to. Basically, I want to know why this play was not a Touchdown. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/2 "2001-10-16T17:15:52Z")
Maybe the machine made a mistake. Programs aren’t perfect, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/3 "2001-10-16T17:16:41Z")
It’s because you’re the Chefs! Who likes the Chefs? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/4 "2001-10-16T17:23:03Z")
I’d say that the computer knows that you are too cheap to buy a current game and rewarded your cheapness with a bad call. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/5 "2001-10-16T17:27:28Z")
Well, it looks like a iffy call, but I’m not sold on your claim that “his knee was not down”. In the angles, with the white star under the player, I can’t tell if the knee is down or not. There is so shadow or daylight visible between the knee and ground. I’d say it’s inconclusive at best. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/6 "2001-10-16T17:28:04Z")
Looks like a blown call by replacement refs to me! ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/7 "2001-10-16T17:37:36Z")
It’s all about realism and realistically the refs make bad calls all the time. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/8 "2001-10-16T18:47:10Z")
It’s a video game. If you’re upset with the results, just hit “reset” and play again. For what it’s worth, it sure looks like a TD to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-football-question-i-was-robbed/87752/9 "2001-10-16T19:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*Well, it looks like a iffy call, but I’m not sold on your claim that “his knee was not down”. In the angles, with the white star under the player, I can’t tell if the knee is down or not. There is so shadow or daylight visible between the knee and ground. I’d say it’s inconclusive at best. \*\* I agree with the big **O**. By what method are you determining whether or not Vanover’s knee is down?