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To: onona
Here's a question for you. During a PAT kick, in one of the games today, the clock didn't move

Funny you should ask that. Because, football geek that I am, I recently ran an American football simulation program I got from the Internet. And the clock did not run during the PAT simulations. So I'm thinking that PAT's freeze the clock. If that's wrong, perhaps someone will correct me.

8 posted on 01/17/2016 8:45:54 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right; onona

The clock does not run during PATs. That is true even if it is a blocked PAT and run for 2 points in favor of the defenders or, for that matter, in the case of an attempted 2-point conversion.


11 posted on 01/17/2016 9:17:02 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: Leaning Right
That's why I wondered why Peyton took a time out during the two point attempt.

I know you can't take your sweet time to get a PAT, but in regulation, if you score a game-tying TD, and the clock is at zero, you are allowed to kick even with no time, to win the game.

I thought the PAT was always "off the clock" so to speak.

Maybe with a two point conversion, there's some 40 second time limit.

That would make sense, as if a QB didn't like what he saw lined up against him, the coach could change his mind and try a single point kick.

15 posted on 01/17/2016 11:02:03 PM PST by boop ("That's a hell of a price to pay for being stylish" -Dirty Harry)
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