Time limit for NCAA field goals?

[jchamp]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Why can't he stop it on the whistle, like he does any other time?

This also isn't basketball where every whistle causes the clock to stop (hence the electronic gadget that officials wear which stops the clock whenever it hears a whistle).

The clock only stops when the WH or a covering official makes a signal that kills the clock. Then the clock operator, who is in a booth probably about 300 feet away, has to observe that signal, ensure it IS indeed a signal that kills the clock, and flip his switch. He doesn't anticipate signals. And stopping a clock at 0:00.3 is a very quick way to earn the ire of an association.

It's just the culture of the game in these parts. George Carlin was wrong, BASKETBALL is rigidly timed. Football is loosely timed.