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Originally posted by kdf5
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Originally posted by mikesears
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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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AGREE with Tom and Bob. Start on the ready for play. Read what Bob M posted. A new series is awarded only after considering any act that occured DURING the down....
Clock stars on the snap only if B is awarded a new series (and this can only occur after we consider any act that occured during the down).
In the play in question, B was NOT awarded a new series. Yes they intercepted the ball and WOULD have had a new series. But they are not AWARDED a new series because they fouled during the down nulifying the new series they would have gotten.
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Fellas, the rule asks what action STOPS THE CLOCK? What stops the clock in this play? The fact that there was an interception stops the clock. That's as far as you need to go to determine snap or ready by the rule.
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I'm sorry, but this is incorrect. It IS NOT "what stops the clock" that determines when we start it again. It is what causes the down to end that determines when we start the clock. The down doesn't end when the ball is intercepted. It ends when the ball becomes dead. If dead inbounds, we simply have an official's timeout. Then we have to ask if B is awarded a new series. Was B given a new series? Nope (unless A declines the penalty).
[Edited by mikesears on Nov 4th, 2004 at 08:37 AM]