40 or 25
 

This play is from the Oklahoma-Florida game. The exact situation occured in the Ole Miss-Texas Tech game.

Late in both games, with the team in the lead in possession, they ran a running play, runner tackled inbounds. The 40 second clock began to countdown, game clock still running. At around the 33-34 second mark in both games, the whistle blew for an injured defensive player.(Both defenses had TO's remaining) After the player was attended to and left the field. the R "pumped" the play clock with both hands, resetting the clock to 40 seconds and wound the game clock.

I thought that after a injury timeout, the play clock would be set at 25. NCAA rule 3-2-4c.

Your thoughts, please.

Thanks, Mike

I think it has to do with which player was hurt. If I remember correctly, if a defensive player is hurt then it goes to the full 40, but offensive is only 25. I could have gotten those backwards.

An interpretation came out of the NCAA in mid-October that directed the play clock be reset to 40 after a Team B injury.

Assuming that cited text is correct, how is this "interpretation" not really a rule change?

If the rule says 25 seconds, how can you interpret this to be 40 seconds?

The 2 becomes a 4.

The 5 becomes a 0.

Easy! :D

Smarta**! :D

It's that new math.

I thought Reagonomics went out a long time ago!

It IS a rule change that we WILL see in the 2009 book. The purpose for the interp letter was to get everyone on the same sheet and doing things like Rogers Redding and the committee wanted.

Mike-

Have you heard if UIL will adopt the 40 second clock in the near future?

Have not heard but when it first came into existence there were quite a few "in the know" folks who said it would likely not be seen in Texas for a long time. I don't know what the coaches would think about it and it would be them who has to push for it if it is to be adopted. As long as game lengths are not excessive, I do not expect to see any push to go to it.