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NFL -- Clock Errors Reviewable?
I read recently that the NFL changed a rule about video replay being used to correct clock errors at the end of the half. Yesterday in the Baltimore-Indy game, the Colts ran a play with 9 seconds left on the clock. The pass was incomplete, but at the end of the play the clock still showed 7 seconds.
Watching at home, I timed the play from snap to whistle and came up with about 4 seconds for the play, which should have left 5 seconds (plus or minus one) on the clock. The difference turned out to be worth 4 points, as those two extra seconds gave the Colts time to run one more play before a FG try. I don't have a dog in this hunt (watching the officials is far more entertaining than the game itself, anyway), and I'm not a football official myself (a guy can dream, I guess), but I am curious. Is there somebody on the field whose job it is to make sure the clock operator starts and stops the clock correctly? Is the clock operator a league official, or is (s)he provided by the home team? And with the exception of the last play, is the clock ever reviewable? Thanks. |
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Atlanta Blue could say for sure but I believe the ECO is provided by the home team. However, the LJ keeps time on the field. Had there been a discrepancy, he would be the one to report it to the R. I noticed it also and Harbaugh was fussing about it but they made no changes.
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For the playoffs, the networks have a camera pointing directly at the game clock. If there are situations at the end of the half or the game where the clock is a factor it can be reviewed.
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The score bug is nothing more than a computer that takes a feed from the scoreboard controller to generate the time. Guess what... computers sometimes fail. I've worked TV for games (granted not NFL, but D1 FB, BB, soccer), and ALL have had a shot of the clocks. |
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According to the official play-by-play, that is exactly what happened. NFL Game Center: Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts - 2009 Divisional Playoffs 1-7-BAL 7 (:17) (Shotgun) 18-P.Manning pass short middle to 44-D.Clark to BLT 3 for 4 yards (52-R.Lewis). Timeout #3 by IND at 00:11. 2-3-BAL 3 (:11) (Shotgun) 18-P.Manning pass incomplete short right to 87-R.Wayne [55-T.Suggs]. Timeout #3 by BLT at 00:07. 3-3-BAL 3 (:07) (Shotgun) 18-P.Manning pass short left to 87-R.Wayne for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN. |
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For the OP:
NFL adjusts replay rules for end of halves, OT - NFL News - FOX Sports on MSN "The adjustment will be limited to situations in which time expired before, during or after a play that ends a half or overtime. Time can be put back on the clock or removed if replay shows an error was made." This play wouldn't of been reviewable even if there was a timing mistake was made. |
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