[Husker] rules changes for 2013 coming

[Steve Schmadeke]

I believe that the stipulation is that the other team has the option of taking or declining the runoff.

Without that rule, the Ravens had another option in the Super Bowl besides taking the intentional safety.  Prior to taking the time out to set up the safety (secure in the knowledge that they were free to hold as much as they wanted on the play because a holding flag couldn't hurt them), they could have taken a false start to trigger a 10-second runoff, which would have allowed them to burn off the last few seconds on the subsequent play.

On Feb 14, 2013, at 7:41 AM, John Papenhagen <papenhagen2 at aol.com> wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
> To: husker <husker at tssi.com>; Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 8:17 am
> Subject: Re: [Husker] rules changes for 2013 coming
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> I would expect the new 10 second runoff rule to be abused by teams with the 
> lead, unless it's clarified that it's only if it's the team trailing that has 
> the injured player.  Otherwise, if you have the lead, you are best served by 
> auditioning for the U.S. Platform Diving team to get more time run off the 
> clock.
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> One would think there would have to be some stipulation.  If I am the team ahead with a touchdown or less lead with under a 
> minute to play I would have a parade of injuries to run the clock down.
> 
> 
> JP