01-02-2013, 03:28 AM
Regardless of whether he called his two timeouts after 1st and 2nd down or 2nd and 3rd down the clock would run out if Stanford got the first down.
There is an argument that Stanford would be less likely to run play action on 2nd and 3rd down if Barry sat on the first timeout because Stanford would be more likely to run to force him to use a timeout rather than lucking into a clock stoppage due to an incompletion.
There is an argument that Stanford would be less likely to run play action on 2nd and 3rd down if Barry sat on the first timeout because Stanford would be more likely to run to force him to use a timeout rather than lucking into a clock stoppage due to an incompletion.