If this doesn't move Notre Dame to hire its own INDEPENDENT OFFICIATING crew -- I don't know what will. In the wake of the NFL's description of Calvin Johnson's "non-catch" last week against the Bears and the new officiating term " THE PROCESS." We now have the Big East's "SPIN" of the PROCESS an official goes through to determine whether a play clock has expired. YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!
So, what they're saying is this; the college play clock isn't 25 seconds. It's 25 seconds plus the time it takes for the Back Judge to take his eyes off the expired play clock (which was at the top of Spartan Stadium), look down to see if the ball is snapped, then some time to think if what he saw - he saw, reach for a flag, throw his flag and blow a whistle... And, if the team had not snapped the ball after all this had transpired, the 25 second PLUS play clock would have been ruled officially expired.
So, in other words -- what we saw, didn't really happen. Michigan State snapped the ball before the play clock REALLY was intended to be expired. Boy, I sure feel better about those Big East guys now. Here' the link to the Big East Conference's official statement:
LINK: BIG EAST STATEMENT
