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.

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That is backwards. If there are no tenths on a clock, then the time would stay on 4 seconds until there were 3 seconds left. So, there could have been 3.1 seconds left with the clock showing 4 seconds.

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It does seem like there is some ability to favor one team or another as the clock operator.

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The clock operator can start the clock late or early, and stop it late or early. In the case of the Auburn game, I'm sure if the pass was incomplete, the clock operator would have stopped it right away.