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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Daryl H. Long
Let's just talk reality here.

I do not look at the clock but I listen for the horn.

Only AFTER I have sounded my whistle will I then glance up at the clock to ascertain time remaining if any.

Officiate.
Whistle.
Look at clock.

At this instance the time I SEE is the time I will put on the clock as the case book says lag time is already accounted for in that instance. If I can look up at clock AFTER sounding my whistle and see time remaining, that time I see is the time the comment says is reasonable for the timer to also stop the clock and still include lag time.

If the horn is sounding and 0:00 is on the clock when I see it then the period is over and my whistle is ignored.

Yup, that's exactly what I've been saying. It's also exactly what BZ has been disagreeing with. If you see some time on the clock after looking, fine, put it back up. On this play however, there was never any mention of the official seeing any time on the clock.

And if you are looking at the clock, the timer is still allowed 1 second lag time, by rule.

Iow, looking or not looking at the clock when you blow the whistle, the end result of the play that we're discussing is the same in that there is no rule extant that will allow you to put any time back on the clock.