Steelers Pats Game had 52 Second Error
While it is unfortunate that the clock was wrong, I don’t think you can say that Tom Brady and company wouldn’t have won the game anyway. The mistake happened with enough time left in the fourth quarter that it probably doesn’t change anything. A couple plays, timeouts might have occurred differently had the clock been set properly. This changes the whole course of the game, so it isn’t really fair to say, “Would the Pats have been able to drive and score with only 29 seconds as opposed to the 1:21?”
Just subtracting those 52 seconds after the fact as if the constant monitoring of the clock doesn’t effect every play thereafter is a logical flaw, I think. If the clock had been set properly, it is possible that the Pats wouldn’t have had enough time to score, but it is also possible that they would have had the same amount of time. If one play can take 52 seconds off, then over the course of a quarter those 52 seconds, or some fraction thereof, could have been saved.
We will never know, of course, but I wouldn’t dwell on it too much if I was a Steelers fan. There is plenty of football left to be played this season and short of a disaster, it is a two team race in the AFC North between the dreaded Steelers and a revamped Cincy team.
Comments
Sideblog 
- FreeTheAirwaves.org Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 7:51 am
Google has a vested business interest in this project, but I am rooting for them anyway. Google wants to take that unused fuzzy space between TV channels and broadcast internet signals all over the. […] - Browns vs. Giants - Preseason Game 2 Live Blog at WFNY Monday, 18 August 2008, 4:19 pm
The nice guys over at Waiting for Next Year are going to be live-blogging their event in a chat room over at their site. I am a geek, and will be joining them. Come on over. - Dan Gilbert is My Hero Sunday, 10 August 2008, 5:46 am
Cleveland Cavaliers owner on all the LeBron James rumors, ”The reason this thing is where it’s at,” Gilbert said, ”is that we’ve got a bunch of bored, East Coast sports writers who have noth. […] - LeBron to Europe? I Don’t Think So Thursday, 7 August 2008, 4:22 am
So, while the major media continues to plot LeBron’s departure from Cleveland, there is a sane voice out there letting everyone know how unlikely the most outlandish scenarios truly are. - Top Gun 2???!?!?!??!?!? Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 5:50 am
According to reports, the plot outline is, (wait for it) “The idea is Maverick is at the Top Gun school as an instructor — and this time it is he who has to deal with a cocky new female pilot.” - Be Afraid Utah Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 7:26 am
Carlos Boozer is a snake and one of the most dishonorable people in professional sports history. I guess I am not over this just yet. - How much you wanna bet… Thursday, 3 July 2008, 9:18 pm
That this 4-day work week will actually increase the amount of gasoline that these employees will be using? Instead of commuting to work, they will now be going to the grocery store, going to do som. […] - In-Car DVD Players are Stupid Thursday, 26 June 2008, 10:15 am
At least they will be when we get a load of in-car wifi!!!!! (I am such a geek.) - George Carlin is Gone Monday, 23 June 2008, 4:34 am
I once bet a guy in college that I could watch a George Carlin special on HBO without laughing. I did it, but it wasn’t at all easy. There is going to be a void left by Carlin dying. - Accepted Behaviors Tend to Increase Thursday, 19 June 2008, 12:15 pm
If you become too accepting of a condition that you really don’t want to encourage, you might just end up with unintended consequences.
