Clock Stopped at end of USC-ND Game

[Walter Pullis]

Neutral observer.
This regards the clock stopping at 7 secs. when QB fumbled
out of bounds. Doesn't this rule seem wrong, even if interpreted correctly. You could "fumble your way to victory" in a sense. Say you've run out of time outs in the last minute. You instruct your backs to toss the ball out
of bounds as soon as they are hit if they are close to out of bounds but may not get there.

Actually I think the officials are supposed to keep the clock running, but try to get a ball in play as soon as possible.