September 10th, 2012Top StoryReplacement Refs Lose Track Of Timeouts, Give Seattle An Extra One, Then Lie About ItBy Timothy Burke
The trouble continued as the squad—led by referee Bruce Hermansen—attempted to cover up for allowing the extra stoppage by claiming an injury in the last two minutes that is accompanied by a stopped clock doesn't lead to a charged time out for the injured player's team. That's actually wrong, as Fox's referee expert Mike Pereira pointed out (stating that the only difference is that there's no ten-second runoff) and our own editor emeritus Will Leitch illustrated that the timeout was indeed charged at the time. You can view video of that play, and the timeout being charged, below: The coverup is, of course, always worse than the crime, and this was only one of a dozen or so blunders by crews during the NFL's Sunday late games. We'll have all of the rest tomorrow morning, but here's your "scabs' Chris Webber" moment. [Fox]  |
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