By the way, did anybody see the final 1:01 of the NFL Hall of Fame game last night?
Team A (Denver) was behind, the clock was running, and they committed a false start. Atlanta accepted the penalty and the 10-second subtraction (apparently, the 10SS applies in the last 2 minutes in the NFL). (As an aside, the game clock showed less that 1 minute while this was happening, which piqued my attention, i.e., "Hey are they gonna have a 10SS?") After discussion with teams, Walt Anderson announced the 5-yard penalty included a "10-second runoff," since they were inside the last 2-minutes, and had the CO set the game clock to 0:51, and announced the clock would start on his "whistle." As they were about to return to play, the crew re-convened, and Anderson made a correction announcement, that Denver had elected to take their final time out to avoid the 10SS, and that the game clock would start on the snap. All well and good. They got everything right. But, it would have been more efficient for the officials on Denver's side to have got their coach's decision regarding the use of his time out before Anderson made his first announcement.
They don't need my defense, but, in the crew's defense, and for all I know, the Denver coach may have changed his mind, in which case, the inefficiency was all on the team.
My real point in all of this is that I immediately recognized the potential for the 10SS, and followed and comprehended the proceedings fully. Even if we do it with less-than-perfect efficiency, let's get it right - as they did.
Robert