B leads A by 3 late in the 4th Qtr. A is driving deep in B territory.

 

With 2:00 left, on 2nd & goal, A runs the ball down to the B 2 yd. line. Clock is running

 

A approaches the line of scrimmage and attempts to draw B offside.

 

1 - B jumps offside. Clock is stopped, ball is moved to the 1 yd. line and clock is restarted at the "ready for play" whistle and it remains 3rd & goal from the 1, right?

 

2 - B does not jump and A is whistled for delay of game. Clock is stopped, ball is moved back to the 6 yd. line and it remains 3rd & goal from the 6. Does the clock restart on the "ready for play" whistle?

I thought in either situation the clock wouldn't start until the snap. Thought it always started on the snap after a penalty.

Wouldn't it be 2nd down if the defense jumped.

Clock will start on the ready in situation A. However, in B, the clock will start on the snap due to the delay of game foul.

I thought in either situation the clock wouldn't start until the snap. Thought it always started on the snap after a penalty.

 

I would have thought it would definitely stop on 1 when D gets the penalty. I think in pro the clock would start at ready for play on #2 when it's on the offense.

 

 

Edit: Read that backwards. I had A and B reversed. No way the O could get a penalty AND get the clock to stop.

Wouldn't it be 2nd down if the defense jumped.

 

3rd. 2nd down was the run that got to the 1.

I thought in either situation the clock wouldn't start until the snap. Thought it always started on the snap after a penalty.

This is my thoughts too.

 

Wouldn't it be 2nd down if the defense jumped.

No. A ran a play on 2nd down, then B jumped offside on 3rd down.

I know HS is different form Pro. I think it has something to do with the prior play being a run (where the clock was running) v. an incomplete pass or out of bounds run.

 

In the pros, I don't think the clock starts until next snap regardless. In #2, there might be a runoff of time if A doesn't have any timeouts left (although odd since the penalty was for delay of game).

 

Also, a little birdie told me there may be some discretion available to the ref to start the clock at a different time if the ref feels a team is "gaming" the system -- for example, when leading to keep an offensive team from getting penalties just to get another 25 second runoff when the clock starts running at the ready for play.