Ending the Half

[mikesears]

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've had this happen a couple of times. In the first situation, I told both teams before the ready that if time expired, the offense was still going to be allowed to play the down. And they understood and played the down.

In the second situation, the was SO MUCH confusion that I blew my whistle, explained to both teams (and both coaches) that we had to run an untimed down. I then blew another ready-for-play once they all understood that one more play needed to be run. They didn't understand WHY but they played the down.