Untimed Down

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by waltjp

I'm confused. The clock ran out before the snap leaving 0:00 on the clock.

Right. There was an accepted penalty on the last timed down, but time didn't run out until we restarted the clock after enforcement (the play ended inbounds).

Originally Posted by waltjp

The R then signals for an untimed down. At the snap the clock operator starts the clock. How much time was on the clock at the snap?

There was 12:00 at the snap, since the clock operator reset the clock. But in reality, there was still :00 since the quarter didn't end. Since it was an untimed down, the clock should not have been started.

But this reminds me. What would be the proper handling of the play clock in this situation? As I remember it, we let the clock run down to :00, then notified the coaches of the untimed down, then gave A another :25.