timing issue...

[mikesears]

AGREE with those who say ON THE READY. Read what Bob M posted. A new series is awarded only after considering any act that occured DURING the down....

Clock starts on the snap only if B is awarded a new series (and this can only occur after we consider any act that occured during the down).

In the play in question, B was NOT awarded a new series. Yes they intercepted the ball and WOULD have had a new series. But they are not AWARDED a new series because they fouled during the down nulifying the new series they would have gotten.

Those of you who are quoting Rule 3-4-2b-3 ("The action that causes the down to end did not also cause the clock to stop") are forgetting how a down ends. A down ends when the ball becomes dead. In this play, how did the ball become dead? A player was tackled inbounds. The interception does not cause the ball to become dead. The change of possession is simply an official's timeout and NOT what caused the down to end.




[Edited by mikesears on Nov 4th, 2004 at 08:29 AM]