By rule, the umpire has to touch the ball before it’s snapped. With no time remaining on the clock as Prescott spiked it, the officials called the game and promptly ran off the field.
"I think [the officiating crew] worked their butts off to get to the spot,” he explained. “But the one thing to me, when you’re in such a hurry up like that, don’t worry about putting the ball back a yard… Just touch the ball and get out of there. If you want to adjust it if there’s time left, then put it back a yard.