So SF gets the ball back and Prov has two timeouts with 45 seconds left. Everyone celebrating as if the game is over. Francis QB goes to kneel the ball, takes a few steps back before kneeling and the ref throws a flag. Delay of game. There’s some discussion that goes on and it goes from 1st to 3rd down…now all of a sudden Providence can get the ball back. Kudos to them hell of a drive 3 plays like 65 yards with 40 seconds left…
But if a ref on here can explain that to me. Had the additional down not gotten taken away SF would have kneeled the ball and went home.
Checking to see if a ref with the name “Tuccs” was calling the game.
On a serious note that was the strangest ending to a football game at any level I have ever witnessed. Would appreciate an explanation from any of the refs on this site.
More importantly why the loss of down? SF was in victory formation…maybe rusty on the rules but I’ve never heard of a 5 yard penalty and additional loss of down for a delay of game penalty on a kneel to end the game.
The Hail Mary should have never been a possibility. Still confused.
So SF gets the ball back and Prov has two timeouts with 45 seconds left. Everyone celebrating as if the game is over. Francis QB goes to kneel the ball, takes a few steps back before kneeling and the ref throws a flag. Delay of game. There’s some discussion that goes on and it goes from 1st to 3rd down…now all of a sudden Providence can get the ball back. Kudos to them hell of a drive 3 plays like 65 yards with 40 seconds left…
But if a ref on here can explain that to me. Had the additional down not gotten taken away SF would have kneeled the ball and went home.
