Last season, after a change of possession, the clock started when the ball was placed by the officials, and many coaches complained that that took away too many plays, about 13 or 14 a game, from the offense.
The 14 items selected to compute the current SEP were quality of house, toilet facilities, source of lighting, drinking water, land ownership, livestock ownership, and possession of clock, radio, television, bicycle, motorcycle, car, tractor, refrigerator and telephone.
On one possession, the shot clock expired, and no one on the floor noticed.
The full Standard of Living Index has a large number of items (29 in total), but we used the 14 items (quality of house; toilet facilities; sources of lighting and drinking water; land ownership; and possession of a clock, radio, television, bicycle, motorcycle, car, tractor, refrigerator, or telephone) that we believed to be most informative for our study population.
After the Jets' Victor Hobson intercepted in the end zone with 4 minutes 20 seconds left, they could not get a first down that would have allowed them to keep possession and run the clock down.
The Triangles' did not score on that possession due to the clock running out.
But after Andrew Burke was penalized for running into Navy kicker David Hills, the Midshipmen kept possession and ran out the clock.
After a timeout with just over a minute remaining, Maryland maintained possession and ran out the clock as its fans counted down the final seconds.
Others, like North Carolina and Ohio State, played the first half with an M.L.L.-like 60-second clock on every possession and the second half with a 75-second timer.
When Manchester United were knocked out of the Capitol One Cup last month, Sir Alex Ferguson blamed Nani for failing to retain possession and run down the clock.
