End of game questions

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Camron Rust wrote
Play #1. If you look at the clock or have any sort of count, visible or mental, you can add that back. No guessing, however. Get in the habit of checking the clock on all whistles near the end of a quarter.

JetMetFan wrote
It doesn't hurt on any play to glance up at the clock when a whistle blows if you're the non-calling official(s) but it's especially important in EOG situations.

In this case, the whistle blew and the horn went off immediately. Taking a guess I would say .2 seconds difference. Not enough time where any of the officials had the chance to look at the clock. It was a bang-bang, whistle-horn. If it matters, the clock we were using did not display tenths of a second.

Adam

AremRed wrote
In this case, the whistle blew and the horn went off immediately. Taking a guess I would say .2 seconds difference. Not enough time where any of the officials had the chance to look at the clock. It was a bang-bang, whistle-horn. If it matters, the clock we were using did not display tenths of a second.

Then if anyone saw it, they would have seen 1 second or 0 seconds, probably 1.

The result is the same, though, if you don't have definite knowledge of how much time to put on, time is expired.

Camron Rust

bob jenkins wrote
Agreed with all of Camron's answers, but if the clock doesn't show tenths and shows 0:01, then you might need to allow up to two seconds before you blow your shistle. The 0:01 could really be anywhere from 0:01.0 to 0:01.9

Or even 0:00.1 to 0:01.9....as there are some clocks that display a time that is rounded up and some that display a time that is rounded down.

BillyMac

Camron Rust wrote
There are some clocks that display a time that is rounded up and some that display a time that is rounded down.

Back when I started officiating, thirty-two years ago, we had a high school gymnasium that had one of these antique analog clocks. It wasn't used, but it was still on the wall. I'm willing to bet that Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. officiated with one of these clock keeping time. After all, like the analog clock, he is also an antique.

just another ref

When you get under one second, there's a fine line between "definite knowledge" and a guess.

Camron Rust

just another ref wrote
When you get under one second, there's a fine line between "definite knowledge" and a guess.

No more than any other time. "Definite" does not equal "precise" or "accurate"...never has, never will. Any official's count is merely an approximation that will vary in accuracy and precision...but it is always definite.

Adam

Camron Rust wrote
No more than any other time. "Definite" does not equal "precise" or "accurate"...never has, never will. Any officials count is merely an approximation that will vary in accuracy and precision...but it is always definite.

Exactly. I'd even be comfortable putting half a second up, but only if I was only consciously tracking it in my head

BillyMac

Adam wrote
Only if I was only consciously tracking it in my head

Is that anything like me hearing voices in my head, because that happens to me all the time. What? Shut up. Not you Adam. Those damn voices won't leave me alone. Shut up.

Camron Rust

BillyMac wrote
Is that anything like me hearing voices in my head, because that happens to me all the time. What? Shut up. Not you Adam. Those damn voices won't leave me alone. Shut up.

Do they sound like Celine Dion? If so, I'd definitely see a doctor. Otherwise, you're probably OK.

Adam

BillyMac wrote
Is that anything like me hearing voices in my head, because that happens to me all the time. What? Shut up. Not you Adam. Those damn voices won't leave me alone. Shut up.

The voices in my head only show up during games, and they simply repeat two words.

"Technical foul." Some games, it's all I can do to ignore the voices.

Multiple Sports

Lose the belt billy !!!!

BillyMac

Multiple Sports wrote
Lose the belt billy !!!!

Shut up (that's me, not the voices).