> and the first collegiate goal for > sophomore Todd Westlund. After Westlund's goal, the Gopher's 8th, the team > cleared the bench to congratulate him. When referee Bob Ames indicated that > he was going to call a delay-of-game penalty, Woog tried to call a time out, > but Ames just laughed. Woog later said he thought the penalty was worth it. > Question: could Ames have allowed that? How do the rules work for time outs > and delay penalties? I wasn't there, but this sounds absurd. Sure, technically it may have been a delay of game, but it sure doesn't sound like it was going to affect the outcome at all -- which is what the rules are suppossed to be all about. If I were a ref (which I'm not, so maybe with experience I wouldn't say this, but...) I would have let/made Woog use a time out, so the team would know that they can't do that after *every* goal... --david -------- david parter university of wisconsin -- madison [log in to unmask] computer sciences department