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Amazingly, on that hold no time ran off the clock.irateSho

There were a couple memorable moments in clock operation.

Obviously the best was on the Final Drive when Bourbon ran a full play, was tackled in bounds short of the sticks, re-set their line, had the official motion to run the clock, then motion again...and not a single second ever ran off... then after stopping the game and talking it over they took I believe it was 6 seconds off when no less than 35 seconds should have elapsed.... Bourbon then scores a TD on borrowed time thanks to what amounted to a free time out (when they had none left) and a bonus 20-25 seconds.

Second place goes to the Bourbon punt as they were trailing.. ball was snapped..time starts..punter punts and time stops... ball finally begins to roll and just before it is downed time suddenly starts again until the official blows it dead.

Third place goes to the officiating crew on Bourbon's Final Drive. On Belfry's final drive of the 1st Half the Pirates strung together several first downs and basically as soon as the official reached the ball he would signal the 1st Down then immediately wind the clock while the chain gang was 10 yards down field still. Fast forward to Bourbon's Final Drive as the Colonels lack a timeout.. Bourbon converts a First Down on a short run that is tackled in bounds. Official stops the clock and motions "First Down" and chains move... the other official holds his hand on the ball for 6-7 seconds as Bourbon's entire offense hurries to the line and gets set.. finally once the Colonels are set he steps backs and finally winds the clock HAHA

Honorable mention goes to the fact that the clock operator obviously had no clue at times where the controls were to properly do his job and sometimes took several seconds to locate the button under his finger... yet less than 5 seconds after the game goes Final he has no issue turning the scoreboard off.

Don't get me started on the officiating crew either... both teams suffered from their hair trigger calls and inconsistency. They missed at least three Belfry False Starts that to me were pretty blatant..yet they call a False Start when the only motion on the play were two Colonels jumping offsides.