Spike the ball to stop the clock

[Rich]

There are a lot of officials who think how the previous play started with respect to clock status is relevant -- and with a live ball foul or with an IW, that's just not true.

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by Rich

There are a lot of officials who think how the previous play started with respect to clock status is relevant -- and with a live ball foul or with an IW, that's just not true.

Bingo...Replay the down does not equal do over.

The other false belief I think exists is that an IW means the down wasn't completed. Just because it didn't end in the normal fashion, that doesn't mean the down wasn't completed. It was a down just like any other down with the exception that it carries a different process for determining where the ball will be put into play on the next play and when the clock will start.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Rich

There are a lot of officials who think how the previous play started with respect to clock status is relevant -- and with a live ball foul or with an IW, that's just not true.

Good, that allows me to answer the question someone had on DumCoach. I think the rules could be clearer on this point, for reasons I laid out above having to do with terms like "replay the down" rather than making clear it's another down but that the number of the down in the series is repeated.

Is this true in the other major codes too?