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Originally Posted by michrefdh
The common sense officiating thing would be to not start the clock until the snap in that situation.
I'm a big fan of common sense applications of rules, sometimes getting too technical gets in the way of being fair and officiating by the spirit of the rules. If you wind the clock and then have to have an untimed down after the clock reads 0:00, you are just asking for confusion and problems.
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WRONG!
Using your "common sense application of the rules" and thereby completly disregarding the direction of the rules book, "could" conceivably allow the offense to get in two quick plays!
This application would not only be an incorrect timing allocation but could give the offense an unearned additional play.
I think you are much better following the "time proven" written timing rules provided in the Rules Book for this, and any other situation.