Situation occurred in the Ole Miss-Oklahoma game.
A (home team) down 26-34. A 1/10, first snap after the 2:00 timeout in the 4Q. A1 runs for a loss inbounds. The game clock erroneously did not run during the play and still reads 2:00. Replay determines that the 1/10 play took 8 seconds, so the game clock is reset to 1:52, play clock at :40, and both clocks start on the referee’s signal. A snaps the second down play shortly after the ready for play is blown.
The problem with this is that A still benefits from the clock not running during the dead ball period and gets to preserve a lot of time thanks to the antics/competence of their own clock operator. It would seem to be a lot more fair to have a 10-second runoff that A would need to use a timeout to avoid.
I realize that the rules currently don’t allow a runoff in this situation, but it certainly seems like it should be taken under consideration.
