Hi Andy,

"Allen did not have the option of spiking the ball to stop the clock, which only can be done by taking a hand-to-hand snap directly from the center."

...makes me wonder if the refs are making sure if the center and the quarterback are in physical contact for every snap.

...a just in case scenario, line up a WR next to the sideline, and pass the bad snap out of bounds in the general vicinity as an incomplete pass and stop the clock.

I think the Giants deserved to lose the game overall, but how it ended posed more questions than answers.

...questions that need answers for similar possible future situations.
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..and I don't necessarily buy the official explanation.

Interactive sensors on both the quarterback's hands and the center's posterior would be the only way to detect constant adherence to such a rule. Wired hands touching wired butt cracks to validate an NFL football requirement for a legal play. ...if they are gonna make the hand-to-hand rule a requirement for the person receiving the snap, not only does "hand-to-hand" need to be better defined, some of these centers have to move the ball three yards just to transport it from the ground in front of them to the general vicinity of their wide-bodied butt crack (the space that the afore mentioned quarterback is supposed to have his hands in direct contact during this transfer of property, aka, "the football.")

The end of that game was strange, and I hope the way it was mishandled will result in clearer rules for future situations.

Bob