I've only work as the R in lower level NCAA games (mainly JV games), but as long as the offense wasn't running hurry-up, I'd start the game clock once the ball was reasonably close to being spotted on an out of bounds play. The 40 second clock is already running.
It's what I see on TV, too, in a lot of conferences at the D1 level.
In HS football, I don't wait on the chains. If I have a spot on a yard line (and I always do), I know where the chains are going. I'm not waiting.
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