The Pigskin Page Upon Further Review 2013 Week 13 Clips Loose Ball in the EZ Lots of considerations on this play. Should the QB have been ruled down and ball dead before it came loose? Did it come loose as a fumble or as an attempt by the QB to pass it forward? If it was an attempted pass, should it be called intentional grounding as there were no eligible receivers in the area (unless you judge A1 was in the area). Was it an attempted forward handing of the ball to A55 or A58 ( both of whom had faced their own end line at anytime after the snap so were eligible to take a forward handoff from that spot about 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage)? A secondary issue is the play clock. The ball was judged dead when there was about 11:54 on the game clock. The game clock correctly continued to run but the officials were conferencing. Perhaps they should have stopped the clock to discuss the confusing prior play. The U did have the ball placed by the 11:35 so technically the offense could have snapped at anytime thereafter. But the offense could have been legitimately confused due to the officials conferencing. By the time they realized what the next down and distance would be, got the play in and went to the line of scrimmage, the play clock expired. Stopping the clock for the short conference, then restarting it and starting a 25 second play clock might have been a better way to handle the situation.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 13:47:22 +0000
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