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REPLY: I wouldn't single out the HL. When you watch the beginning of the film clip, you can see very clearly that the line-to-gain is just beyond A's 45, meaning you need to reach the stripe for a new series. All of the officials should know that. The coach moved the front stake back to about A's 44. When the R looked to the sideline after the play (not shown) they should have immediately realized something was amiss since the LTG was now on the near side of the stripe. Since the equipment is to the HL's back and since he was coming in hard to get the dead ball spot, he couldn't have seen the stake move. Better question would be what about the LJ? He should immediately be looking at the foremost stake to determine whether the clock needs to stop. If anyone should have actually seen the coach move the stake, it should have been him.
But none of this is the fault of the officials. It is solely the fault of a coach who favored the expedience of cheating to the ethics of fair play. In doing so, he sold out his players, his school, his administrators, and himself.
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Bob M.
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