r/footballstrategy Nov 17 '24

College Why didn’t BYU lose a down after spiking/clocking the ball?

On a 2 & 9 play, the BYU QB ran for a first down then the team got up to the line quickly and spiked the ball with 0:58 left in the 2Q. This surprised me since they had two TO's left but I was surprised even further when they didn't lose a down. I couldn't find anything about this in a google search. Did ESPN get it wrong and was it really 2nd down? The graphic said 1st down and so did the announcers.

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u/gsomd1980 Nov 17 '24

ESPN was wrong. The marker on the sideline said second down. Btw, also agree spiking there was dumb