[ramaris]

cmathews, remember in Wyoming we use that 5 second hand count at back judge. You can still use a ready ref. However, you do need to open it up and move the variable capacator to 20 seconds, not terribly hard. I've had mine for many years, and although its now held together with black duct tape from my opening it so many times it still works perfect. I used to switch from 20 to 25 seconds when I white hatted lower levels with 4, but now I just wait 5 secs before I set it, it saves the wear on the machine.

For those of you else where, an explanation. In Wyoming, is has been mandated that the back judge give a visable 5 second count (like a basketball hand count) to warn the QB that his time is about to expire. It really works quite well, especially at the end of a game when a team is trying to kill time.