But this is a slight mischaracterization of what took place. Even Jarvis thought he was touched down. Almost everyone on that field (and stadium)thought so, too. Otherwise, why did the refs quickly set the ball in preparation for the offense to hurry and run its next play. The side judges definitely didn’t communicate Jarvis got out of bounds untouched; that’s because he didn’t. Plus, as others have touched on, the second the ball is snapped the game clock is SUPPOSED to immediately begin.
The entire sequence was a mess. I can’t fault Jameis for that, because the refs screwed the pooch on that series. I can, however, fault him for not running the clock down on the next play and spiking on a 3rd down.