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I have absoluely seen it done it in football both in college and high school a few times over the years with both player injury and electrical storms in the area, and power outages being the reasons. And a similar event occurred in a college basketball game a few years ago with a power outage with a minute to go in the 1st half. I'll check my rule books when I get home, but I don't remember seeing it outlined anywhere. Again, I'm talking common sense here, not an explicit authorization by rule. Usually, in these cases, both coaches and game management appreciate this kind of thinking as you are still playing a regulation timed event. Certainly, you can't do it if a significant portion of time remains in the half, but I believe 2 minutes is a reasonable amount of time to make this kind of adjustment.
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