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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
I was certain the league had admitted the play was handled wrong, so I did a search.
Duke/Clemson timing error
So I pick D, because the ACC said they handled the first play wrong and so far the ncaa hasn't commented on last night's play (implies they got it right). |
Actually, it does not look to me as though they said the crew handled the call wrong, but instead that they merely acknowledged that a clock error had been made:
"The league acknowledges that a timing error was made in not starting the game clock at the correct time," said Clougherty, adding the situation was resolved internally but did not elaborate.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2744216
Maybe it's semantics. I think we all agree that there was an error made "in not starting the game clock at the correct time." But that strikes me as very different from an admission that the officials erred in how they dealt with the clock error. Again, maybe this is semantics and maybe the league's statements were broad enough to cover both. But actually, just going by Clougherty's quote, it at least implies that the crew handled the situation correctly, at least to th extent it quietly suggests that the error could not have been fixed.