They have been doing it for years, it just required both coaches' permission. I'm glad to see it's now automatic. I've seen coaches on BOTH ends of those kind of blowouts refuse to run the clock. I was at a game one time where a 1A powerhouse was playing a team that was down to 14 players due to injuries. They ran the clock the whole game and shortened the quarters to 8 minutes. The powerhouse won 14-0. They ran vanilla plays and subbed liberally. They had the ball 4 times. They scored twice, fumbled down deep once, and had the ball down deep when the clock ran out. People wondered why it was so close. I had an hour's drive to get home and I got home before the game here in town was over.
