[Diddle E. Squat]

I guess the fact that the Huskies got the equivalent of a free time out on the last play is no big deal either.

Ummm, they only got that extra time because the ref's were conferencing about what the clock time would be? What else would they be discussing? Not the spot, they put it down and then started all kinds of conferencing. Not to mention that Washington was at the line and ready to go by the time that the ball had been spotted. Look, no one is saying that USC certainly would have lost, there is certainly no guarantee that Washington would have gotten a touchdown. But to see homers deny and defend an obvious gaff, apparently because they are so insecure about their team that they can't even admit that a mistake was made, well that is just sad.

[SoCal Pubbie]

It's also sad to have someone call another person a "piece of sh*t" over a disagreement on a call in a college football game.

I already stated my view on the clock. The fact that a few seconds ran off the clock on a first down is akin to the "long count" in the Buster Douglas Tyson fight. The time does not stop instantaneously. It's a game run by humans and it is not as exact as a computer.

I did not whine when Texas won the Rose Bowl on a TD when Vince Young's knee was clearly down as the lateral, and a Reggie Bush illegal forward pass was ruled a fumble. Them's the breaks. Last year, in a similarly chaotic ending, the USC offense kept their heads and beat Notre Dame. Washington could not. They played great, but they lost.

End of story.

[BurbankKarl]

the clock was 4 seconds when the previous play stopped..