(09-22-2013 10:30 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(09-22-2013 08:24 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  UAB shortened the quarters in the second half in 1995 vs Knoxville College in a 61-8 victory.

No business playing that game in the first place.

(09-21-2013 11:11 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  FIU may have 100 reasons for changing coaches, but I don't think that having the current coach ask for a running clock is one of them. FIU asking for a running clock and UL agreeing to it is an entertaining story, but I don't think that's not what happened.

CUSA Coordinator of Officials has a different version......

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ouisville/

Quote:UPDATE (6:10 p.m.): Conference USA Coordinator of Officials Gerald Austin released a statement to clear up the confusion on the running clock situation (Conference USA officials were used in the game). In it Austin explains there was a misinterpretation by the game’s officials. The statement reads:

“Coach Turner made a comment to one of the officials that, given the amount of injuries and the limited numbers of players he had available, he wanted to run the ball in the second half. One official misinterpreted that comment. Coach Turner, at no time requested that the clock run. FIU threw just one pass in the second half.

After reviewing the tape there were five times that the clock should have been stopped and it did not. Four times were on first down and one play where the runner went out of bounds, based on a quick review of the video.”

(09-22-2013 01:54 PM)fussbudget Wrote:  

(09-21-2013 11:11 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  FIU may have 100 reasons for changing coaches, but I don't think that having the current coach ask for a running clock is one of them. FIU asking for a running clock and UL agreeing to it is an entertaining story, but I don't think that's not what happened.

CUSA Coordinator of Officials has a different version......

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ouisville/

Quote:UPDATE (6:10 p.m.): Conference USA Coordinator of Officials Gerald Austin released a statement to clear up the confusion on the running clock situation (Conference USA officials were used in the game). In it Austin explains there was a misinterpretation by the game’s officials. The statement reads:

“Coach Turner made a comment to one of the officials that, given the amount of injuries and the limited numbers of players he had available, he wanted to run the ball in the second half. One official misinterpreted that comment. Coach Turner, at no time requested that the clock run. FIU threw just one pass in the second half.

After reviewing the tape there were five times that the clock should have been stopped and it did not. Four times were on first down and one play where the runner went out of bounds, based on a quick review of the video.”

Why would any coach confide their remaining strategy to a ref in any game??