The Sacred Clock

While I'm thinking about time issues, let me get back to an incident from the Sugar Bowl. Brady Quinn threw an interception. It was the one near the LSU end zone that was reviewed and overturned. Despite indisputable video evidence that confirmed the call on the field (it was obvious that the Tiger defender had possession the entire time and that the ball did not hit the ground), the officials, somehow, overturned the call they had correctly made in real-time.

But, they made sure to figure out how much time elapsed due to the ruling that it was an interception (instead of an incompletion) and had them add the time back to the clock. A couple plays later, Quinn threw another interception and the game spiraled out of control for the Irish after that. But, it made me wonder why the clock is so sacred when the replay officials do not have a clue what they are doing. Did anyone see the Miami v. Nevada game where the Wolfpack was robbed of a completion after the Nevada TE caught the ball with his legs and kept the ball off the ground. That may have cost Nevada the game. When you can't get obvious plays right using replay, does it really matter if you get a few seconds back on the clock?