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TO
When I attended the Rules Interp this spring, the exact scenario was discussed as a NCAA team lost in a playoff because of it. The table said they had one TO left and they had none. Long story short, losing team called a TO they didn't have with 11 seconds left in the game, down by one, bang a T...end of story. Unfortunately the officials end up being the bad guys or gals in this case. The recommendation of the NCAA this year is that officials should not advise coaches as to how many TO's they have left. That's what assistants are for. We do it as a courtesy and it can only get you in trouble.That is the message I carried back to our local board along with the suggestion that this year when we introduce ourselves to the coaches, maybe mention the fact that we will not be reminding them of how many TO's they have left. Had no problems at all this year and the coaches don't mind it at all.
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