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Obviously, I'm not. Except for the 5 years on the field and the 102 games last year. Granted, my varsity experience is limited (it's hard to break in in Texas), but not non-existant. I'm not the best official on the planet, but I do know the rules.
I think this is pretty clear cut. We have the option to start or not start the clock when one team will either conserve or consume time via a violation when they were not otherwise "entitled" to consume or conserve. I know that's not the exact wording, but that's what it comes down to. The foul (false start) happened near the end of a 25-second play - and "gave" OSU an extra 20 seconds or so that they would not have been unable to run off had they not committed the infraction.
If the referees did not have such leeway (and did not USE such leeway), then EVERY team with the lead and the ball would "accidentally" false start once or twice when you are under 2 minutes in order to get an extra 20-25 seconds run off.
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