They never got set because the ball wasn't spotted.

Answer this, would that much time have been allowed to run off in a "normal" two minute, hurry up situation? Say a receiver is tackled in bounds, jumps up, and leaves the ball laying on the ground. Then the defense jumps on the ball while the offense is lining up to snap/spike. Do you honestly think the ref is just going to stand there and politely ask for the defensive player to get up, and allow him to take his time in doing so?

You know the answer to that. It's cute that you want to play contrarian, but sometimes the situation really is as straight forward as it seems.

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Posted by ballscaster

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Posted on 9/15/13 at 10:49 am to MOT

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They never got set because the ball wasn't spotted.

Hurry-up offenses often get set before the ball is spotted. Wisconsin blew this game because they didn't get set before the game ended.

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Answer this, would that much time have been allowed to run off in a "normal" two minute, hurry up situation? Say a receiver is tackled in bounds, jumps up, and leaves the ball laying on the ground. Then the defense jumps on the ball while the offense is lining up to snap/spike. Do you honestly think the ref is just going to stand there and politely ask for the defensive player to get up, and allow him to take his time in doing so?

Depends on where the tackle happened and how many yards were gained, and how close to the sideline the play ended.

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You know the answer to that.

No I don't. It's an incomplete question.

As it is, there were 11 seconds between the end of the play and the ball being spotted and ready. That's not abnormal for a play where the defense falls on what they believe to be a fumble.

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