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Originally Posted by Suudy
Right. There was an accepted penalty on the last timed down, but time didn't run out until we restarted the clock after enforcement (the play ended inbounds).
There was 12:00 at the snap, since the clock operator reset the clock. But in reality, there was still :00 since the quarter didn't end. Since it was an untimed down, the clock should not have been started.
But this reminds me. What would be the proper handling of the play clock in this situation? As I remember it, we let the clock run down to :00, then notified the coaches of the untimed down, then gave A another :25.
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We had a thread on this about a year ago. At least some people were promoting what I thought to be an overly complicated mechanic. We were arguing about what would be less likely to confuse the coaches & players. I thought keeping it simple -- explaining it to the benches, letting the clock run to 0 if that happens, ignoring any sort of automatic siren or horn, just keeping the ball RFP for 25 secs. Some were saying that after the explanation, in those few seconds the coaches and players would forget your explanation, so they said to explain it, whistle at 0, explain it again, and make the ball RFP again -- whew!