re: Why weren't there 2 seconds added at Ole Miss?

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what burns my arse about the Ole Miss game is that you can clearly see the back judge running in after we tried to spike the ball to say he had gotten buzzed for a review, then he just did nothing as the teams streamed onto the field. If you still have it DVR'd check it out.

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How would that work out? Once the next snap is taken, the play isn't reviewable. Thus:


If the reviewers determined there should have been 3 seconds on the clock - the play is valid - thus the review should have never happened.

But if they determine there should be time added to the clock, the game clock was correct, therefore the play never happened since it occurred after the snap.

Either way you lose.

I think that the point has been lost here. I thought the same thing when they gave a second back to Texas. I felt like if Texas should have gotten a second back, LSU should have gotten 3 by the same standard. If LSU beats Ole Miss like they should have then I think that some of you thick skulled folks have a different opinion of Les Miles.

McCoy threw an incomplete pass that hit the ground with 1 second left on the clock. The ABC crew showed a clock superimposed against the play that showed this. An incomplete pass stops the game clock. Therefore, Texas can run their FG unit out and snap the ball without time running out. The play clock doesn't start until the ball is snapped.

In the OM game, the LSU play caught the ball. The game clock is stopped to move the chains for the completion. However, once the ball is set and the ref blows his whistle, the game clock begins to run. Time ran out while Jefferson was spiking the ball.

I don't think the "nefarious ref" angle is going to work in this situation.

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With a play that close, it should have been reviewed.

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What is there to review? The LSU player made the completion.

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Time expired before the ball was snapped to Jefferson. This is fundamentally different from the NU/TX game.

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You aren't getting it. The official is allowed to review to see when the play is called dead (see tonights game). In the instance 3 weeks ago, the official would have done the same to see if one of the following scenarios happened:

1. The game actually ended and the play was blown dead after the clock hit 0:00
2. The call was correct that the play was blown dead at 0:01
3. The call was incorrect and the play was blown dead at 0:02 or 0:03 and would adjust the clock accordingly.

Yes, the clock would start once the official signals for it, however, during all of that time to get the headset, talk to the official upstairs and review the play. LSU would have had infinite amounts of time to assess the situation and have the FG unit on the field in their positions to snap the ball.

Bottom line: in a game that close, the play should have been reviewed for clock purposes. If the play had not been reviewed tonight, the game would have ended.

also, i think with 3 seconds, JJ could've spiked the ball, then the kicking team would've surely had ample time to setup.

earlier in the yr, FSU vs Miami, i thought an extra second or two should've been added to the clock, allowing for another play too.

While it doesn't excuse the poor clock management, we got scr*w*d. But Miles should have been arguing for a review of how much time was left. He was unprepared for anything other than a completion or incompletion in the end zone.

The likelihood of all hell breaking loose at Ole Miss if time was put back on the clock is no reason for the ref not to do his job.

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also, i think with 3 seconds, JJ could've spiked the ball, then the kicking team would've surely had ample time to setup.

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Correct. I probably wouldn't try that with 0:02 though, which it what I think would have been given to LSU had it been reviewed.