Play the clock. The Clock Play was a well-known trick play in American football that was memorialized in what became known as the Fake Spike Game, which was played on November 27, 1994. The game was between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL), and it included one of the most legendary comeback efforts in league history. Prior to 2008, the play clock in college football was 25 seconds after the ball was set, however the clock was not halted for the ball to be set unless the preceding play caused a stoppage of the clock. The intervals are now the same as in the NFL, with slight modifications for the final two minutes of each half. They may attempt to run the football out of bounds or run pass plays in which the time stops rather than continues to run between plays. They will also aim to spend less resources when putting up plays and will employ timeouts to halt the clock at important periods.