LSU/Arkansas Clock Situation

[BoomerSooner]

I think situations like this are a great example of the benefit of the 25/40 second play clock. In this case, even had the Arkansas player been faking in an attempt to run additional clock time, he wouldn't have acheived anything as long as the clock was stopped within the first 15 seconds of the original 40 second clock. Since the play clock starting is not dependent on spotting the ball, there is no benefit unless the play clock was under 25. If it was under 25 seconds, then by all means start the clock on the snap.

In the days of just a 25 second clock, the administration of the clock as was done in the situation in question would have been fine.