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But if you get into decimals you can't just start at 9.0 seconds. Maybe it was that, maybe it was 8.2. All I can say is that it's 0:00 in every other football game I've ever watched.*

Posted on September 6, 2026 at 12:23:32 AM by jjwalker

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• UMHoops’ Eric Shapiro proves there was a second left on the clock - By yarn September 6, 2026 at 12:20:56 AM
  • I made a similar point last night. When the ball is snapped the clock immediately ticks to 8 for some reason* - By uncwolverine September 6, 2026 at 08:08:28 AM
  • That’s the same horseshit Sparty argued in 2001. Time is kept in whole seconds in football. If the clock read zero, then time was up. That half second is still on the clock when the clock still shows one second. ++* - By hurryup September 6, 2026 at 12:30:51 AM
  • Depends what precision they rely on. Play clock is in seconds not tenths.* - By LewisBullox September 6, 2026 at 12:24:25 AM
  • QED* - By 6p September 6, 2026 at 12:23:53 AM
  • But if you get into decimals you can't just start at 9.0 seconds. Maybe it was that, maybe it was 8.2. All I can say is that it's 0:00 in every other football game I've ever watched.* - By jjwalker September 6, 2026 at 12:23:32 AM
    • I mean you can when the ref tells the clock operator to reset the clock to 9 seconds after the previous play so that should be a full 9 seconds, right?* - By DoctorD September 6, 2026 at 08:04:44 AM
  • i guess* - By Daytripper September 6, 2026 at 12:21:57 AM

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