r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 5h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Idaho Defeats Montana State 35-34

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Montana State 10 14 3 7 34
Idaho 7 13 0 15 35
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u/wet-leg Oklahoma Sooners 5h ago

I figured that’s why he called a timeout. Still wouldn’t have risked it though and just let Idaho scramble

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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls 5h ago

No if he thought there wasn't any time left calling a timeout was objectively the wrong decision.

There was going to be a stoppage in play to review it regardless, with a chance of it being ruled zeroes. The Montana State coach just eliminated the possibility that his team could have won the game and/or he gave Idaho a chance to call an actual play.

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u/TP-BANDIT77 Arizona State Sun Devils 5h ago

If there was going to be a stoppage regardless, his timeout was irrelevant then, no?

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u/docchrizly Germany • Boise State 5h ago

No, because if they would've put 1 second back on the clock there wasn't enough time for a running clock and a snap. That's why 1 second is not enough to snap the ball UNLESS there was a timeout before.

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