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Theisey,
This was NCAA and like mcrowder stated, they were most certainly trying to consume time. My question is that by taking the DOG foul and subsequently being penalized, is this considered consuming time illegally?
On one hand, one might argue that while the DOG in itself was illegal, it's not against the rules to voluntarily commit a foul. Of course the foul itself is illegal, and they chose to accept the prescribed penalty of 5 yards. In other words, they committed a crime (DOG foul), served the sentence (5 yards) and life (play) goes on according to rule. In this case, by starting the clock on the RFP per 3-2-5-a-4.
On the other hand, this goes against conventional logic as a team could do this over the course of 3 or 4 downs and take almost 2 minutes off the game clock. I think all of us would argue that this is using time via illegal means and the R should use discretion and start the clock on the snap.
However, even with 1:45 on the clock, if this happens only once should the R step in and overrule 3-2-5-a-4?
thanks
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