the two stories from AZ & MO. Curious if those 2 states have mercy rules?
MO does have a mercy rule. We have running clock starting in Q3 if lead is greater than 35. Clock only stops for timeouts, injuries, penalties and scores. If lead is still greater than 35, clock does not stop for scores.
In the game in question, the winning team left their starting defense in the whole game and when one of their LB (D1 prospect) got injured with 3;11 left in Q3, the losing coach asked to end it.