A rule wrinkle threw ESPN’s broadcasters for a loop at the end of the first half of Saturday’s game between Syracuse and Clemson.
Syracuse trailed Clemson 9-6 just before halftime of Saturday’s game at JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. and were on the edge of field goal range. Instead of spiking the ball, however, Syracuse quarterback Steve Angeli tried to catch Clemson napping with a pass.
On the surface, everything about this looks wrong, and ESPN broadcasters Lowell Galindo and Kirk Morrison said as much. Galindo openly wondered if Angeli was unaware of the clock situation, while Morrison was “not sure what he was doing” on that play…