Brandon100 have you noticed at a high school game an offical who stands on the sideline usually at the line of scrimmage. He will have a switch in his hand that connects to a cord that will run into the pressbox. He uses this to start and stop the game clock(the scoreboard). The person in the pressbox who works the scoreboard (i.e putting the score ,downs,yards to go etc.) does not start and stop the clock on the scoreboard. He sets the time but does not actually run the game clock. The only time the officals keep time on the field is when the scoreboard clock doesn't work. If the scoreboard clock wasn't the same as the offical clock then it should have been turned off or it should have been reset to the correct time.This is not some kind of conspiracy the refs blew this call and they are covering there butts the best way they can. Its easy to say the scoreboard clock wasn't offical because most fans wouldn't know the difference.