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[QUOTE="SU94, post: 5510327, member: 202"]
I really dislike it when fans (like us) nitpick or MMQB head coaches because of clock management. We have no idea how fast the game moves, how much communication is happening and ongoing. It is NON-STOP for 3.5 hours. Each of us would be relegated to the fetal position by the first TV timeout if we had to manage a football team and operation at the Division 1 or NFL level.

All that said (and I am laughing at myself), the one glaring "miss" was with 8:43 left in the game, Clemson's #13 got injured. After about a minute, ESPN went to commercial. When the audience returned, the ball was snapped almost immediately. I think with 29-30 second on the play clock and with the game clock also winding. I don't think we knew the rule, that yes, the clock stopped (via injury), but since the previous play ended via a tackle in bounds, the clock would restart once the ball was placed. It was NOT a dead ball/no clock situation. This could have been a neophyte QB scenario too, but if that is the case, we should have coached him up during the stoppage.

Fran's the man and they'll learn from it and it'll come in handy in the coming years when we are ripping off 10- and 11-win seasons. And playing with the lead in the 4th quarter on a near weekly basis.
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