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When the Chiefs scored their winning touchdown, there was :03 left in the overtime period. I don't understand why they were keeping time at all. It seems to me that time is meaningless in an overtime period. The referee explained at the beginning of the overtime period that each team got the ball once, one opportunity to score a touchdown or a field goal. The referee offered no explanation of what would happen if time ran out before both teams had their full opportunity to move the ball and score. What if the remaining :03 had expired before the Chiefs scored that winning touchdown? Would the expired clock have been reset to 15:00? Why were they keeping time at all if the game depended in the overtime period not on time but on each team getting its FULL and COMPLETE opportunity with the ball? I was wondering what was going to happen and was :03 away from finding out. I wish the Chiefs had scored one play later so I could have found out. I have an inquiring mind, I want to know. -- Ron
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