Time limit for NCAA field goals?

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Rich

Really? On a successful or unsuccessful field goal you're saying the *signal* stops the clock? I'd take issue with that, myself.

I'm a soccer referee. I think the clock stops in football when the ball crosses the goal line, right? At any rate, the ECO is in a terrible position to determine when that happens. As any soccer assistant referee can tell you, a step off the offside line makes a huge difference. The ECO is ~ 50 yards of the line he is judging.

That's not to say he needs a signal in this case but rather support for the 5 sec expectation.

[Sonofanump]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I'm a soccer referee. I think the clock stops in football when the ball crosses the goal line, right?

In NCAA it is when the ball touches in the endzone untouched.

Philosophy is 5 secs.