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but Wisconsin totally botched that sequence...why weren't they more in a hurry to line up and spike the ball??? Even if the ref would have spotted it sooner, Wisconsin was just lost and seemingly unaware that the clock was running.

They were completely aware it was running that's why they were complaining to the head ref about ASU wasting time and it taking so long to spot the ball.

Maybe they shouldn't have been arguing but it wouldn't have changed a thing. To think differently would be to believe the umpire was just taking his time because Wisconsin wasn't ready anyway, and that he would have somehow hurried the process along. They weren't "set" for a snap but they were at the line waiting for the ball to be placed so they could get set.

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Posted by ballscaster

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Posted on 9/15/13 at 2:34 pm to MOT

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They were completely aware it was running that's why they were complaining to the head ref about ASU wasting time and it taking so long to spot the ball.

Bad time to complain. The clock was running. You're almost there....

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Posted by JPLSU1981

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Posted on 9/15/13 at 2:39 pm to MOT

It was an odd sequence of events. I guess my only point is that WIsconsin created the situation. Not ASU, not the refs, not anyone else...Wisconsin chose to run a play with no timeouts that left the clock running...Wisconsin's QB did a very unusual/strange-looking "kneel" to kill the play (which caused the crowd, ASU players, and TV viewers thinking it might have been a fumble), and then Wisconsin for whatever reason never actually got lined up for the spike until it was too late.

Did they get screwed? Maybe...but it's tough for me to feel sorry for them when their own decisions/errors helped to create the whole cluster frick to begin with.

This post was edited on 9/15/13 at 2:46 pm

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