Official Time

So it takes some help from the referee and then later the replay official to keep the game going long enough so UCLA might have a chance to win.

If only they had been so generous to Zenyatta and moved the finish line 25 yards further.
There were three seconds remaining on the clock in a tie game, the Bruins too far away to attempt a field goal, but then the referee announced he was giving UCLA four seconds to play.
So the Bruins called a quick pass to the sideline, the ball caught by Randall Carroll, who stopped for a soda after catching the pass and took time to wave to his family before stepping out of bounds.
There's no time left on the clock.
The referee announces there will be overtime.
But then UCLA asks for a replay, the unseen replay official upstairs left to determine if the Bruins should get another second to attempt a game-winning field goal.

A good guess he doesn't want to sit here for overtime either.
The Holiday Bowl has two scouts here. The Holiday Bowl is known for attracting exciting teams, which explains why they both leave early in the fourth quarter with no interest in who wins.
Those who stay have to wait on the unseen replay official to determine if there will be overtime. UCLA sports information director Marc Dellins says he has no idea or information who the replay official might be. R.More: Official Time

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New York Marathon

Chilean miner running New York City Marathon: ‘I was going to beat destiny’
Barely a month after their successful rescue from the Chile mines, Edison Pena has managed to outrun destiny, running 26.2 miles like it was nothing at all.
The Chilean miner was known for jogging through the tunnels while they were trapped underground. This time though, he is not satisifed with just running around for no reason at all, but he plans to run and finish the New York City Marathon. New York Marathon But with his bad knee, he said it will probably take him 6 hours to finish the race.
“What I thought about as I ran in the mine was that I was going to beat destiny,” Pena said through a translator at a packed news conference Thursday, hours after flying into New York. “I was going to turn the tables on destiny. I was saying to that mine, ‘I can outrun you. I’m going to run until you’re just tired and bored of me.’
“And I did it.” New York Marathon
No less than marathon world-record holder Haile Gebrselassie greeted Pena as he got off the plane. “It’s incredible,” was how Pena described their meeting.
Over 100 members of the media were charmed by Pena, who looked dapper in a dark suit as he narrated his story and sang to Elvis Presley’s “Return to Sender”. Pena said it was Presley’s music which helped him go through his daily runs of 6 to 7 miles underground.
“I’d like the gentlemen and ladies of the press to kindly promise that you’re not going to rip me apart in your stories if I can’t stand the pain in my knee,” Pena said, his humor undoubtedly intact after 69 days trapped nearly a half-mile underground. “So, you know, show me some mercy, guys.”R.more: New York Marathon

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