40 or 25

[Mike51]

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

[IHSAref]

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.

[TXMike]

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

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Mike51

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

Originally Posted by TXMike

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?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

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!

Originally Posted by mbyron

The 2 becomes a 4.

The 5 becomes a 0.

Easy!

Smarta**!