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Then, in December 2001, the council’s presidential election was stalled when the internal clock of the computer responsible for servicing the election, which had been set for the year 2036, reset itself and locked some students out of the election...
Best way to run out the clock...
With your hand on the button. As the Crusaders chipped away at the Crimson’s lead late in the second half, a technical malfunction with the scoreboard caused the seconds to tick off the game clock even when play was stopped. “The clock won’t stop,” complained the clock officials to Harvard SID and press box steward John Veneziano. “What’s wrong with that?” Veneziano joked. (The clock was eventually fixed...
...score brought the Crusaders to within just one possession of the lead. Harvard, though, was able to seal the game by eating up the final five minutes of the clock, thanks to two critical first-down rushes by sophomore Ryan Fitzpatrick, who relieved Rose, and another by Morris, who gained nine yards after he lined up in the shotgun as the quarterback...
Then, three plays later on another critical third-down conversion, Morris lined up behind center and took the snap left for a nine-yard gain to set up another clock-devouring set of downs...