NFL Clock Question?

• Sonofanump

  karen lotz;670325 wrote:I think college football has gone to a more NFL like timing system, except for the clock stopping on first downs. If the ball carrier goes out of bounds, the clock is stopped until the ball is spotted again and then it starts. Not sure about what parts of the 2nd and 4th quarters it stops until the snap though.

  
  Your correct, we have. It is 2 minutes in each half.
• Footwedge

  One false start....clock is reset in motion. On back to back false starts...clock will not start until ball is snapped. Otherwise...a team could false start 15 times in a row to kill 7 minutes if up
  by 2 scores.
• Sonofanump

  Footwedge;670523 wrote:One false start....clock is reset in motion. On back to back false starts...clock will not start until ball is snapped. Otherwise...a team could false start 15 times in a row to kill 7 minutes if up
  by 2 scores.

  
  Really? Reference please.
• Footwedge

  Sonofanump;670543 wrote:Really? Reference please.

  You're the ump...you look it up. I've seen it happen several times in the NFL. After consecutive false starts, the clock does not wind.
• Al Bundy

  Footwedge;670523 wrote:One false start....clock is reset in motion. On back to back false starts...clock will not start until ball is snapped. Otherwise...a team could false start 15 times in a row to kill 7 minutes if up
  by 2 scores.

  
  I saw a high school ref stop the clock when a team kept using false starts to run it down.
• Sonofanump

  Footwedge;671126 wrote:You're the ump...you look it up. I've seen it happen several times in the NFL. After consecutive false starts, the clock does not wind.

  
  What you stated in not any rule book I own.
• Ironman92

  

  I hope footwedge is correct it makes 1000% more sense than it starting again.
• thavoice

  I do not know the exact rule but they will not keep that clock running after multple penalties such as you are all talking about.