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I saw it once. I saw the time go off the clock. I saw the ref standing right next to Belichick call it. Clock said zero, BB started coming on the field. Coughlin was there to greet him.
The second was put on after they had already shaken hands.
The clock may have read zero and a second put back on later, but my point was if you do not have a frame with Belichick looking at the clock at zeros, therefore proof that he knew the game was technically over, it does not answer the debate. His subsequent answer, "not much game left to play," only serves to fuel the debate that he knew there was time on the clock. My point was you will never know what Belichick was thinking at the time and therefore never really know if he intended to walk on the field with time remaining. There is a difference between confusion resulting in him inadvertently walking on the field and him intentionally walking on the field. That is why Hoodie can be as definitive in the opposite conclusion. Nobody really knows, and likely nobody ever will. It just should not be this major issue worth revisiting.