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Originally Posted by eroombill
I am a relatively new official. The rules, as I understand them, indicate that the clock should be stopped when the ball (and I assume runner with the ball) goes out of bounds. The more experienced officials tell me not to stop the clock if the runner is forced out of bounds or the tackler pushes him out. I cannot find a ruling to support what I am being told.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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You were explained to incompletely. If the runner is pushed out GOING FORWARD, you would stop the clock. If the runner is pushed out going backward, the play actually ended when the push started - in bounds - at the point of forward progress. AFTER the play ended, the runner ended up out of bounds, but the play was already over.
And when it's 30-0, you're giving the extreme benefit of the doubt to the clock.