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Originally posted by jack015
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Originally posted by kdf5
I don't know about you guys but I always stop the clock after an INT. 3-4-2 says you start on the ready unless the action that causes the down to end doesn't also stop the clock.
The converse is also true and that is that you start on the snap when the action that caused the down to end does stop the clock. B wasn't awarded a new series, but that's not the point. The INT stops the clock, always.
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99% of the time you would start the clock on the snap after an INT (ball dead inbounds), but not because of the INT. You are starting on the snap because 99% of the time you award a new series to B after the INT. Not so in this play. An INT is not one of the reasons given in rule 3 to start the clock on the snap.
In this play, you have an administrative stoppage of the clock to enforce the foul, not to award B a new series. What you have here is an administrative stoppage to enforce a foul and award A a new series, therfore start on the ready.
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Read the rule. Part 3. of the rule says you start on the ready except when the action that caused the down to end (being tackled after an INT) doesn't also stop the clock, Do you stop the clock after an INT? Part 3. is a catch all for various situations that either do or don't stop the clock.
What do you do after an incomplete pass? You start on the snap, right? So does the action that ends the down (an incompletion) also cause the clock to stop? If that's the case then the INT in this play does the same thing to the clock as an incomplete pass. You start on the snap. A new series for B or not has absolutely nothing to do with this play because it's what comes after or doesn't come after stopping the clock. It's all about what stops the clock.