Texas got a big break. The clock was 00....even if the ball hit out of bounds with 01 left. Football, unlike basketball, does not have clocks that go 1/10 of a second
In the 1998 Rose Bowl....Washington State spiked the ball, and the clock had two seconds left when they spiked the ball to stop the clock....this was clear on the replay. Instead, the clock ran down to zero...and Michigan won, with Wash State not getting an additional play
In football....the clock is stopped when the referee blows a play dead....not at the moment of a dead ball (which basketball does). The ref did not blow the play dead until the clock ran out
Nebraska got jobbed. This is not basketball....where Texas would have had tenths of a second left
Unless the game is played at Baylor's Floyd Casey stadium.
Exactly. Football plays end at the whistle not the clock. The clock is used to see if a play was begun before the "play clock" expires but once the play begun it is the whistle that ends the play. If the whistle blows the play is dead no matter what happens after. It is the whistle not the clock that matters. As HAL would say, "Human error" but the play stands. Unless you are Texas and the creditability of the BCS (BS) system are at stake.
>In football....the clock is stopped when the referee blows a play dead....not at the moment of a dead ball (which basketball does). The ref did not blow the play dead until the clock ran out<
But ....
a. The replay official and his crew shall review every play of a game. He
may stop a game at any time before the ball is next legally put in play
(Exception: Rule 12-3-3-k) whenever he believes that:
1. There is reasonable evidence to believe an error was made in the
initial on-field ruling.
2. The play is reviewable.
3. Any reversal of an on-field ruling, which would result from
indisputable video evidence, would have a direct, competitive impact
on the game.