The final play of the game?

[EastStang]

I know that they have been messing with the clock rules this year. But I thought the rule was that the game couldn't end on a offensive penalty. Their QB got an Unsportsmanlike call for throwing the ball at the Ref's head with 8 seconds left. Of course we did get away with one on the play before that.

[mrydel]

I think the rule is "defensive" penalty.

[jimhagle]

we should have on tried an on side kick-we weren't going to stop them.

[sail420s]

I'm surprised he only got a penalty and not an ejection for that. He hummed that at the refs head, then yelled at him. I liked how the announcers said the ref was unaware he was in on the option play.

The play before was a lot of acting on the QB's part. It was a late whistle, and he wasn't hit that hard. It was one of those "he kinda touched me, so I'll way overemphasize the fall" kind of plays that is normally saved for soccer.

To the clock thing...
What about the play to end the first quarter (I think)? Sanders caught the ball and went out of bounds with 11 sseconds left. He was never tackled. The quarter ended on that play.

[mrydel]

I'm surprised he only got a penalty and not an ejection for that. He hummed that at the refs head, then yelled at him. I liked how the announcers said the ref was unaware he was in on the option play.

The play before was a lot of acting on the QB's part. It was a late whistle, and he wasn't hit that hard. It was one of those "he kinda touched me, so I'll way overemphasize the fall" kind of plays that is normally saved for soccer.

To the clock thing...
What about the play to end the first quarter (I think)? Sanders caught the ball and went out of bounds with 11 sseconds left. He was never tackled. The quarter ended on that play.

I think the clock only stops and stays stopped on out of bounds in the last 2 minutes of the half and game. I could be wrong on the exact time but it is something to that effect. The clock will stop on the OB and then start up when the ball is placed. I do not understand why TV is taking a great collegiate game and trying to tweak it into a 3 hour commercial machine.

[docabel]

I do not understand why TV is taking a great collegiate game and trying to tweak it into a 3 hour commercial machine.

Because the BCS said so...

[sail420s]

...I do not understand why TV is taking a great collegiate game and trying to tweak it into a 3 hour commercial machine.

Speaking of commercials...
How awful was that 'Tulane is Hot' commercial? The only thing that could have made it worse is if the guy yelled "LOUDER" at the end.

[DiamondM75]

I do not understand why TV is taking a great collegiate game and trying to tweak it into a 3 hour commercial machine.

Because the BCS said so...

This is the one issue on which I agree with Mike Leach. His comment about shorting the game was "Why don't we just give each team 20 offensive plays?"

[MiracleOnMockingbird]

The game can't end on an accepted penalty for a live-ball foul that occurs during a down in which time expires (whether committed by offense or defense, but usually ones against the offense get declined in that situation).

If there's a dead-ball foul after a play with a couple of seconds left and clock running, you'd start the clock back up as soon as you'd marked off the yardage.