Couldn't we take a delay of game penalty?

Auto runoff of 5 seconds inside 2 minutes on offensive penalty.

You mean letting the 1 second run off the clock along with extra imaginary time?

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Couldn't we have taken a delay of game penalty instead of "spiking the ball"?

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WTF?

Havent been watching football long have you??

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then there would be a ten second run off

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THERE IS NO 10 SECOND RUN OFF IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

However, there is a section in the rules about "unfair clock tactics" which gives the officials broad authority to start (or stop) the clock to make up for the use of "unfair clock tactics"

I would assume the poster didn't mean a standard delay of game penalty, but one of another kind. For instance, if the center had snapped the ball before the ball was signaled ready for play, that would be a delay of game penalty. However, IMO, the ref would immediately see this as an unfair clock tactic, and have the clock started.

Those of you saying there would be a 5 or 10 second run off are ALMOST as silly as the OP.

The clock starts when the ball is spotted. Not when it is snapped. So they CANT take a delay of game

Yea, In all of the confusion I forgot the play started once the chains were set! Hello!