4.4 fucking seconds?

Final minunte of the 2nd half, clock stops on made baskets... Clock operators are human. The Duke one got caught watching the game and was as surprised as everyone else that they threw the ball right to a Clemson player. Then, he apparently let the clock run to try and make up for it.

I've been there and it's hard to separate the fan from the job.

Typically, the clock operator gets a free pass for the entire game because the whistle stops the clock with the timing system they use and the officials have a button on the battery pack with which to start the clock. It fosters an atmosphere of lazy clock people... they really don't have to start and stop the clock during the game now so it's no surprise that they get lazy attention spans these days. For 39 minutes, they are there to babysit the unit to double check it starts and stops on the officials' commands. The only time they operate independently of the officials is that final minute of the second half when the officials can't stop the clock without blowing the whistle. The officials should have manually started the clock with their belt packs, but probably missed the button or were as surprised to see the Clemson player with the ball. The time the Clemson player caught, hopped and set his shoulders and shot the ball, it was at least a couple of seconds.

Unfortunately, the refs have no recourse but to go with what's on the screen when they go to correct the clock after they realized it was still running after the triple was good. They can't correct what time has come off on the play before, they can only correct the present play. It absolutely hosed Clemson at the end of the game, but they did not help their own cause with that terrible defense on the final play.

Sorry for the dissertation...

 

bottom line is the dook clock operator fucked up and it benefited the home team

and oh yeah sly is a fat prick

 

He we can't all be nerdy, desperate idiots consumed with jealousy of rival teams can we?

 

kfucktard:

 

That is the biggest case of pot and kettle I have ever seen.


The kid must be Hiro from "heroes". No way he caught McRobert's brilliant pass, spotted, and shot in .6 seconds. Anyone who believes that should truly go back to the 2nd grade. 3.6 seconds at the most and it would have gone into ot.

 

Eh, there should have been 7 seconds after the layup.

You guys act like Clemson deserved to win. They got a gift and then bonered. Only had one lead the whole game.

 

is this it?

 

:newsmile38:

I reckon since Coach Kclockski didn't admonish his players for the mass celebration for beating "Clemson" at HOME he was telling them "you guys aren't that good so go ahead and throw down"

 

I overheard Oliver Purnell whispering in Scheyer's ear: "You're better than that."

 

act like you've been there