Re: The REFS HOSED us by taking our timeout away
I tried to explain this in the game thread. The refs didn't take the time out away.
The Patriots had two time outs. Once they called the touchdown back, the ball was placed on the one yard line AND THE CLOCK WOULD HAVE STARTED TO RUN.
In other words, as soon as the refs signalled ready to play, they would have run the clock. That's why Bill called the time out -- hoping that the Bills would run the next play with 1:40 on the clock and score the TD and we'd get it back.
Once the TD was called back, we did not have enough time outs left to keep them from running down the clock, because it was a first down and the player was tackled in bounds, so they were going to win the clock.
The REASON Belichick was mad was because the clock operator ran about 12 seconds off the clock after the call of TD on the field. But even if those 12 seconds were back, once the TD got called back, it wouldn't have mattered. We only had 2 TOs, and the clock was going to be wound on the ready for play.
