re: Disputed 1972 Ole Miss game

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This says if the clock shows 00:04, there could be as much as 4.99 seconds left. If that's true, weren't games really 59:56 long? If it said 00:00 after that play, the game would have been over even if that really meant there were 0.99s left.

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This is why basketball clocks go to 10ths near the end.

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The guy caught it with 4 seconds left and another three seconds ticked off. I can't imagine had the ball been dropped (the second-to-last play in Ole Miss 1972 was an incompletion) that the clock would have expired. It does seem like there is some ability to favor one team or another as the clock operator.

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If the refs are paying attention this should not be a problem at the very end of the game, esp. not now with instant replay.