Ending the Half

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Originally Posted by Theisey

I've not have had the pleasure of this situation in any game in my long career, so for those who have, just what did you do?

Let's just use the same scenario, with 6 seconds left, you whistle the RFP and wind the clock, team-A just stands there... Time Expires... the horn goes off.

Did you now... keep the teams on the field... issue the whoopy-doo signal (*S1) and whistle in another RFP?

Or did you just tell team-A (qb) that you have 19 seconds to snap the ball?

Just curious. I know the rule, just not sure how to apply it.

I actually was working wing several years ago with similar situation (matter of a few seconds left, can't remember exactly how many) and my white hat did exactly what I put in my previous answer, above with regards to "common sense". Started the clock on the snap instead of winding it, rather than running out time and doing a "whoopty-doo" untimed down, and confusing the players, coaches and fans. To me thats still the most logical common sense thing to do in that situation. I don't think anybody even gave that situation a second thought.