“If you have a long play now, what I would say is I think Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce should run up and snap the ball to each
other,” Linehan said. “Everybody stand still. It’s an illegal
formation – there’s only one guy on the ball and an ineligible
taking the snap. Snap the ball and clock it. It’s only a five-yard
penalty, right?”
Linehan admitted the scenario isn’t likely to play out often,
but if it does, "you save approximately 10 to 15 seconds.
Exactly why this has to be changed
Now, teams can throw to the 35 yard line. Centre and qb just have to snap the ball and spike. Everyone else just freezes
Tom Brady would have easily taken advantage of this
Note: Oregon in college put 12 men on defense against ohio state in the last few moments of the game on purpose
Took advantage of the rule but now ncaa removed it