[Husker] Time clock at end of half

[Dick Karre]

I went back and looked at it a couple times. I think John is probably right.
Taylor's spike hit the ground just as the clock turned to :01. Given the
reaction time for the officials to blow their whistles and for the clock
operator to hit the button, it isn't outrageous that time ran out. OTOH,
Mulkey hit the ground on the prior play with the clock at :04, but the clock
ran down to :02 before it was stopped. That seems a little slow, though in
that case, I think the clock operator would have to wait for an official to
signal him to stop the clock for the first down, and ABC's view doesn't show
when that happened. And aren't we all glad that this is just an academic
inquiry?
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at stjude.org>

> The time keeper's cue to start and start the clock is the ref's whistle.
> If you go on that, the clock started and stopped correctly after the
> spike.  Now, whether or not the clock should've been stopped at 4
> seconds is a little less clear.