Sean, this isn't about tv drama (it really is) and better entertainment (it absolutely is!). The frustrating problems with the game's ending are all about the many, MANY letigious, lawyer-like rules (football laws) in the rulebook.

Everyone else notice how the "playoff" games officiating was noticeably missing penalty calls?

JOHNN•2 months

If you want to have a discussion regarding the current rules, thats a different conversation. But for this particular conversation, you have to go by the CURRENT rules that state you must play the entire game out, and run the clock according to the rules. If you dont put that last second on the clock, then UGA could file a huge lawsuit that officials didnt allow them a fair chance to use all of the game time allotted to teams. The officials did everything by the book which is what they shouldve done.

cbree88•2 months

What does “common sense” mean in this context? Ignoring all the rules?

BigC LSU•2 months

Yeah that was a little strange

dagrippa•2 months

We don't enforce laws anymore. Why is it necessary to enforce rules in football?

Bige11•2 months

This isn’t about the officials it’s about the teams and the personnel running on the field before the game was over. Theres no drama if they just go back to the sidelines and finish the game like they are supposed to do.

BigC LSU•2 months

What is confusing about needing 0 on the clock for the game to be over? Im baffled that this was even a topic of discussion. The refs handled it perfectly.

Jdillard343434•2 months

Rules are res

tigerinridgeland•2 months

How many seconds or even minutes should be left on the clock before refs can just say the game is over? Does it depend on how far behind one team is? Should the game be declared over when there are 50 seconds on the clock and a team is behind by 4 touchdowns? What is the criteria Sean would use? One second is one second. And in a game like this, anything can happen, even if unlikely. The refs did their job. Anything else would have been malfeasance.

SWAT•2 months

Refs always make the game about themselves.

BigC LSU•2 months

Can the refs say, "hey clock people - just erase that last second off the clock?" I think they were just following usual protocol. Can hardly blame them.

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