Ohio officials

[NJOfficial]

Someone on my crew was watching a game that was being played in Ohio and he said that the announcer mentioned that there is no play clock during games. Anyone care to elaborate?

[scrounge]

Either someone needs to watch more closely or they need to put that announcer on their pay-no-mind list. Of course there's a play clock, there's nothing different here regarding that.

Perhaps your potentially inattentive friend was watching the St. Xavier-St. John Bosco game on ESPN3 last week when John Bosco was up by more than 30 points in the 2nd half and the OH-specific running clock rule was in effect. It still has a play clock, but the game clock will generally keep running except on COP, injury, and a few other things.

[CalhounLJ]

There's a list? I thought the "pay-them-no-mind" was the default??

[prab]

Two games so far this season.  Both announcers announced a 15 yd penalty and an "automatic first down" on DPI calls.  Controversy was averted in both instances because the 15 yards put A beyond the LTG.  I suppose that "outside the tackle box" is next.