We don’t win reviews. I wonder what the percentage of calls are going our way?
Good question. To find out, I was not going to scan through all 8 games on video but referenced the play-by-play section of Stats on SU Athletics website. Some of the notations on there were curious. Conceivably, some info could have been left out. But I hope the source is accurate. People can let me know if they remember differently or find otherwise.
According to the site, there were no official replay reviews in the Rutgers, Albany, Liberty, and Clemson games -- all at Syracuse. That seems surprising but this was the only "authoritative" source I could find. The one Dome game that had reviews was Wake Forest (2). All three road games had reviews: Ohio (1); Florida State (6); V-Tech (4). Three of the four ACC games had reviews (none during Clemson).
Ohio (1)
-- A 7-yard SU reception was ruled incomplete/out-of-bounds; OVERTURNED - result, catch complete
1 Replay in favor of SU
Florida State (6)
-- Shrader fumble/SU recovery; OVERTURNED - result, incomplete pass
-- Tucker 10-yard run ruled 1st down (question on spot); CONFIRMED - result, SU first down
-- From FSU 1-yard line, Shrader short on rush; CONFIRMED - result, SU turns over on downs
-- Tucker 13-yard TD run (out of bounds question); OVERTURNED - result, no TD / SU ball at 1-yard line
-- Queeley 26-yard TD reception (out of bounds question); CONFIRMED - result, SU TD
-- Chestnut INT (question on catch); CONFIRMED - result, SU INT
4 replays in favor of SU; 2 in favor of FSU
Wake Forest (2)
-- Wake WR reception ruled incomplete/out-of-bounds; CONFIRMED - result, incomplete pass
-- Wake TD pass in O.T. ruled complete; CONFIRMED - result, WF TD
1 replays in favor of SU; 1 in favor of WF
V-Tech (4)
-- Tucker apparent fumble/SU recovery for 2 extra yards but RB ruled down; OVERTURNED - result, SU gains slight yardage
-- VT WR Robinson reception ruled incomplete/out-of-bounds; OVERTURNED - result, 30-yard reception to SU 8-yard line
-- VT RB Blackshear reception & run (question about trap catch); CONFIRMED - result, 30-yard reception to SU 40-yard line
-- Queeley 6-yard reception to convert on 3rd & 2 (question about catch); OVERTURNED - result, 4th down for SU
1 replay in favor of SU; 3 replays in favor of VT
In raw numbers, SU is favored in replays 7-6 but that does not tell the true story. Nothing in Ohio or WF was questionable. However, the ACC road games are rather suspect.
At FSU, Syracuse got screwed twice at the goal line on replay. Then 3 other times the refs used replay in what could have taken away favorable SU results. Fortunately, they were all quite conclusive. No favorable FSU plays were questioned.
At VT, the one replay in favor of SU was a minor benefit. The three in favor of VT were key plays for them. Upholding the Blackshear reception because there was no conclusive evidence otherwise was OK. But overturning the Robinson incomplete with equally questionable video evidence was not a good call.
Bottom line, the best answer is that SU has not gotten favorable replay reviews in some pretty big spots, which tends to stick out in our minds as SU fans. Watch out for these upcoming road games -- particularly NC State.