[url]http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13876333/pittsburgh-steelers-win-voids-18-second-game-clock-error[/url]
[url]http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13876333/pittsburgh-steelers-win-voids-18-second-game-clock-error[/url]
Actually, my post was NOT about you...but, if the shoe fits, feel free to lace that &!+€# up and wear it.
Unfortunately, the game officials were not monitoring the chat.
Fortunately, the error didn't end up costing the Steelers a win.
I'm not bashing any coaches or staff but shouldn't someone on the Steelers sidelines/booth be watching that play? They had no idea until the post game press conference. It's the official's responsibility for sure but you'd think you'd have someone watching as well.
As usual, the NFL response was "no comment".
Two weeks in a row the ESPN crew is clueless to a gross rules violation happening right under their noses.
By far the worst of all the game crews.
[URL]http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/13/nfl-not-commenting-on-clock-error-near-end-of-steelers-chargers-game/[/URL]
Smells like a little home cooking to me....NFL not commenting on clock error near end of Steelers-Chargers game
Posted by Mike Florio on October 13, 2015, 12:18 AM EDT
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 13: The NFL shield is painted in gold and black after a game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on September 13, 2015 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The new color scheme is to commemorate this years' Super Bowl witch will be the 50th edition.
The NFL avoided another Monday night mess, thanks to Pittsburgh’s ability to drive the length of the field and score a touchdown with 2:38 on the clock. But even though the outcome of the game wasn’t affected, a mess quickly has emerged.
The clock inexplicably ran for 18 seconds after a kickoff went out of the end zone, with 2:56 becoming 2:38 before the clock stopped running.
According to Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com (who is reporting on the issue at a time when ESPN, which broadcast the game, has still said nothing about it on the air), the NFL has declined comment on the issue.
Mike Pereira of FOX Sports, a former NFL V.P. of officiating, points out via Twitter that the league office hires local people to operate the clock during the regular season. Non-locals are used only during the playoffs.
The NFL surely can’t hide from this one for long. Too many people have noticed it, even as the network that broadcast the game continues to not mention it on the air.
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Yes, someone who works for the Steelers should be monitoring the clock at all times. I've seen too many instances where the clock runs off too much time and usually the "error" favors the home team.
NFL acknowledges game clock error in Steelers-Chargers game
By HOWARD FENDRICH (AP Pro Football Writer)
NFL acknowledges game clock error in Steelers-Chargers game
[url]http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-acknowledges-game-clock-error-steelers-chargers-game-163116643--nfl.html[/url]
For the second week in a row, the NFL acknowledged an officiating error in a nationally televised game.
This time, the problem was twofold: 18 seconds were incorrectly run off the clock late in the fourth quarter Monday night in the Pittsburgh Steelers' 24-20 victory at the San Diego Chargers - and none of the game officials noticed the gaffe and corrected it.
In a statement emailed Tuesday, league spokesman Michael Signora said that ''an error by the clock operator'' after a touchback allowed the extra time to tick away, and ''it is the responsibility of the side judge to supervise the timing of the game.''
The statement added: ''Had the side judge or any of the other six on-field officials noticed the timing error, they could have corrected it.''
In last week's Monday night game, an official missed a late-game call in Seattle's 13-10 victory over Detroit, giving the Seahawks the ball even though one of their defenders knocked a fumbled ball out of the end zone, which should be a penalty. That prompted the NFL's head of officiating, Dean Blandino, to say that the officials blew it.
The most recent Monday night mistake happened after San Diego kicked a field goal to take a 20-17 lead with 2:56 left. The ensuing kickoff sailed out of the end zone for a touchback, so the clock never should have started. Instead, it did begin moving, and by the time Pittsburgh lined up for the first play of its crucial drive, only 2:38 remained.
''When you see a kick go over the end line, never in your wildest dreams would you think the clock is going to start. Neither team was aware of it. ESPN wasn't aware of it. Nobody was aware of it. The clock operator is the one who should take the hit,'' Mike Pereira, Blandino's predecessor at the NFL, said in a telephone interview.
''It does happen where a few seconds tick off; it doesn't happen very often where 18 tick off. It shouldn't happen,'' Pereira said. ''Ultimately, the officials on the field are responsible. ... Everybody needs to be cognizant.''
With back-to-back prime-time problems, it might seem as officials are more prone to miscues these days.
Pereira, though, noted that those miscues are easier to catch now.
''Social media has made it so much more difficult right now, because everyone is tracking everything. All one person needs to do is see it and put it on social media and then the world finds out about it,'' he said. ''Years ago, something like this may not have been discovered.''
As it turns out, despite the clock fail, the Steelers managed to make it all the way downfield in time to score the go-ahead points on the final play from scrimmage, a 1-yard TD run by Le'Veon Bell.
''Everyone is probably lucky the Steelers won on that last down,'' Pereira said.
And, not surprisingly, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin's take was, essentially: All's well that ends well.
''It didn't define the outcome of the game,'' Tomlin said Tuesday, ''so I'm moving on with my workweek.''
The truth is, of course, there really is no way to know how the outcome of the game could have been different had those extra 18 seconds not been ''lost.'' Perhaps San Diego would have been left with enough time for a play or two - or a kickoff return for a TD. Or perhaps Pittsburgh would have called things differently on offense with more room on the clock, maybe running time down to nothing, anyway.
Who knows?
Signora's statement noted: ''The performance of the clock operator and game officials will be reviewed per the standard procedure for reviewing every play of every game.''
Each game-clock operator is hired by the league, not the home team, and lives near the stadium hosting a regular-season game. In the playoffs, the league uses operator who don't live in the area.
Pereira could recall only one issue with a game-clock operator when he was in charge of NFL officiating: A decade ago, a team asked him to replace its clock person. That team? The Chargers.
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That's right up there with underinflated balls. Lack of response or action makes Goodell look like the two faced idiot that he is.Originally Posted by Slapstick
So the NFL is suspending the Side Judge responsible for clock management on the field - for 1 game...WITH PAY. What a complete joke. And the best part - the guy is expected to file a grievance. [url]http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25340068/report-nfl-suspends-ref-who-made-clock-mistake-in-steelers-game[/url]
Wouldn't you love to have a job like that? Screw up, and get a week of paid vacation!
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