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Offline JasonTX

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Clock Status with 3-4-3 and 3-4-4 combined.
« on: August 05, 2019, 02:17:44 PM »
The score is Team A 20 points and Team B 21 points – neither team has any time outs.  Game clock is 0:15 remaining in the 4th period and running, Team A has 4/10 from the B-30 yard line and is set up for a FG opportunity attempt; however, B55 commits enters the NZ and makes contact.  Team A, elects to take the yardage penalty make a long FG attempt a little shorter which makes it 4/5 from the B-25 yard line.  Team A also wants the 10 second run off so as to not leave much time on the clock for Team B so the game clock is set to 0:05 seconds.   Team A however does not want the clock to start on the ready since that would mean they have to be in position and ready to snap the ball just after the ready for play signal.  Can Team A have the clock start on the ‘snap’?
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Offline Legacy Zebra

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Re: Clock Status with 3-4-3 and 3-4-4 combined.
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2019, 04:21:40 PM »
No. 10RO trumps everything clock related. If they take the runoff, the clock will start on the rest Fornell play, no option. To have the clock stopped at :05, they would have to take a timeout after accepting the runoff.

Redding has been very clear that nothing overrides the 10RO. Even free kick rules don’t apply if there’s a runoff. Say you have intentional grounding in the end zone for a safety with less than 1 minute to go in the half. The clock will start on the RFP for the free kick. So no matter what else you have happen, the runoff rules trump everything else.
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Offline DallasLJ

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Re: Clock Status with 3-4-3 and 3-4-4 combined.
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2019, 11:54:06 PM »
But if you decline the 10 second run off, clock starts on the snap.  So, Team A would accept penalty for the extra 5 yards, but by declining the Zap 10, clock will start on the snap; even though if this had happened with 3 minutes left in the game, the clock would start at the Ready.  So, someone really needs to explain to Coach for Team A that he (a) can "take his time" to set up for the kick but will leave time on the clock since it will start with :15 on the snap, or (b) hurry up and get the ball snapped in the last 5 seconds as the clock starts running on the Ready and effectively end the game (of come very close).  Am I missing anything?
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