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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: #92 on December 26, 2016, 05:00:13 AM
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Considering A.R. 7-3-2-I and A.R. 7-3-2-I, at which point are we supposed to deem the illegal pass to be in order to conserve time rather than yardage? Do you guys have some guidelines about score difference and/or time left on the game clock?
Rule 3-4-3 gives is the two minute mark as an explicit pivotal point. But it also seems to give the R the right to manipulate the play and game clock at his own discretion without explicit mentioning of the two minute mark.
Quarterback A10, who is not outside the tackle box and is attempting to save yardage, intentionally throws a desperation forward pass that falls incomplete where there is no eligible Team A receiver. RULING: Intentional grounding. Penalty—Loss of down at the spot of the foul. The clock starts on the snap (Rule 3-3-2-d-4) unless Rule 3-4-4 applies.
Late in either half with more than one minute remaining, A10 is unable to locate an open receiver. To conserve time, he throws a forward pass that is incomplete where there is no eligible Team A player. RULING: Illegal forward pass, intentional grounding. Penalty—Loss of down at the spot of the foul. The clock will start on the ready-for-play signal (Rule 3-3-2-e-14 and 3-4-3).
The referee shall order the game clock or play clock started or stopped whenever either team conserves or consumes playing time by tactics obviously unfair. This includes starting the game clock on the snap if the foul is by the team ahead in the score. If the game clock is stopped only to complete a penalty for a foul by the team ahead in the score inside the last two minutes of a half, it will start on the snap, at the option of the offended team. The game clock will start on the ready-for-play signal after Rule 3/periods, time factors and substitutions FR-55 Team A throws an illegal forward or backward pass to conserve time (Rule 3-3-2-e-14) (A.R. 3-4-3-I-V).
What if in A.R. 7-3-2-II the game clock would read 3:30, but Team A was down 21 points? Time would already be a precious commodity for Team A, worth an illegal pass to conserve time. Would the game clock still start on the snap?
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What if in A.R. 7-3-2-II the game clock would read 3:30, but Team A was down 21 points? Time would already be a precious commodity for Team A, worth an illegal pass to conserve time. Would the game clock still start on the snap?
I would start the clock on the ready in the play situation above.