Pittsburgh's false start - no 10 second runoff?
by bucket1 on Dec 21, 2009 11:59 AM CST
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PrintWith :43 seconds left in the game, Pittsburgh's tackle Pitts false starts. The ball is then placed at the 49 yard line of Green Bay and play continues. No time comes off of the clock but the rule states that no penalty can be committed by the offense or defense (false start, encroachment, etc) to prevent the clock from running. If they do commit a penalty (the false start) then either a 10 second runoff must be administered or a time out taken by Pittsburgh. No time out was taken and no runoff was given. Just wondering if I'm missing something in this situation. Don't get me wrong, great throw, great catch, great game but it didn't make sense to me.
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The refs got this one right
The previous play was an incomplete pass. The ten-second runoff is only assessed when a dead-ball penalty is commited while the clock is running.
by Dr O on Dec 21, 2009 12:21 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
good stuff
thanks for clearing it up
"I don't know how a guy gets single covered in that situation when you're dropping eight men," Tony Dungy, 12/20/09
Clock Management
Didn’t it seem like the clock stopped after every play of that last drive? Failing to stop that drive was such an incredible missed opportunity—I hope that it doesn’t haunt the off season.
It did
It didn’t seem like a rushed drive for the Steelers at all.
by packallday555 on Dec 23, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
too bad it was the pittsburgh guy who committed it
See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
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