A fumbled ball may be recovered and advanced by either team ( except, in American football, after the two-minute warning in either half or 4th down, when the fumbling player is the only offensive player allowed to advance the ball, otherwise the ball is ruled dead at the spot of recovery if the ball bounces backwards or spotted at the point of the fumble if the ball travels forward ).

The National Football League changed the rules for the 1979 NFL season only allowing the fumbling player to advance the ball on fourth down or on any play after the two-minute warning in either half.

The clock stops for out-of-bounds plays, incomplete passes, or sacks only in the last minute of each half ( there is only a one-minute warning, as opposed to the two-minute warning in the NFL and the three-minute warning in the CFL ) or because of penalties, injuries or timeouts.

If a player fumbles after the two-minute warning in a half, or on fourth down at any time during the game, only the fumbling player can recover and advance the ball.

The two-minute drill is named for the point in the game, frequently after the two minute warning, when it is employed.

* Waiting for the two-minute warning ( three-minute warning in Canadian football, one-minute warning in Arena football ) if it is coming up soon.

College football does not have a two-minute warning.

In the NFL, an automatic timeout is called by the officials when there are two minutes left in both the second and the fourth quarters ; this is most commonly referred to as the two-minute warning.

No such warning is normally given in amateur football, though if there is no visible stadium clock, the referee will give a two-minute warning ( four minutes in high school ).

* under NFL or college rules, on fourth down ( or, in the NFL, on any down after the two-minute warning in either half ), a ball fumbled forward by the offensive team is recovered by an offensive team player other than the fumbler.

* The two-minute warning of the second ( or fourth ) quarter

During games the player couldn't challenge plays or fumbles and there is a stoppage in play to introduce the player of the game and two-minute warning.

Those were quickly put to rest, however, when rookie defensive back Odis McKinney's first NFL interception gave the Giants possession of the football after the two-minute warning.

Neil Rackers tied the game at 17 for the Cards on a 44-yard field goal just before the two-minute warning, then Delhomme clawed the Panthers in range for a 49-yard Kasay field goal with four seconds in regulation and a 20 – 17 slump-ending Panthers win.

The fighting officially ends at 11: 00 a. m., ( the eleventh hour in the eleventh month on the eleventh day ) and this is annually honoured with a two-minute silence.

The Place Masséna is a two-minute walk from the Promenade des Anglais, old town, town centre, and Albert I Garden ( Jardin Albert Ier ).

Commemoration ceremonies are usually held on the following Sunday, at which the " Last Post " is played by a bugler followed by the observation of a two-minute silence.

If a vessel makes a Mayday call and it is not acknowledged by the coastguard after a single repetition and a two-minute wait, then a vessel receiving the Mayday call should attempt to contact the coastguard on behalf of the Mayday vessel by broadcasting a Mayday relay.

Timed Mode challenges the player to score as many points as possible within a two-minute time limit, and Stage Clear mode takes the player through a series of stages in which the objective is to clear blocks below a set line.

The record for fast writing with Pitman shorthand is 350 wpm during a two-minute test by Nathan Behrin in 1922, although this result has been questioned.

A noted limitation to these previous studies ' findings is that pre-ejaculate samples were analyzed after the critical two-minute point.

Telescreens, in addition to being surveillance devices, are also the equivalent of televisions ( hence the name ), regularly broadcasting false news reports about Oceania's military victories, economic production figures, spirited renditions of the national anthem to heighten patriotism, and Two Minutes Hate, which is a two-minute film of Emmanuel Goldstein's wishes for freedom of speech and press, which the citizens have been trained to disagree with.

He is often remembered today as the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg in 1863, where he spoke for over two hoursimmediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous, two-minute Gettysburg Address.

This mode is where the player plays two-minute Tetris games of any variant.

In the British armed forces, it is usual for flag-bearers to lower flags and standards, even Queen's and Regimental Colours, so that they are draped on the ground, as part of a Royal Salute or during the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday.

A two-minute siren is sounded at 11: 00 the following morning, which marks the opening of the official memorial ceremonies and private remembrance gatherings at each cemetery where soldiers are buried.

* In amateur ice hockey, intentionally icing the puck, lining up at the wrong face-off dot, or shooting the puck over the glass ( in professional hockey, the team that ices the puck is not allowed a line change, while shooting the puck over the glass leads to a two-minute penalty ).

Timed Mode challenges the player to score as many points as possible within a two-minute time limit, and Stage Clear mode takes the player through a series of stages in which the objective is to clear blocks below a set line.

In the international styles, the format is now three two-minute periods.

In freestyle, if neither wrestler has scored a point at the end of the two-minute period then a procedure known as The Clinch is used to decide the winner.

Within the novel, hate week is an extrapolation of the two-minute period into an annual week-long festival.

The roughly two-minute performance art scene is shot entirely in PixelVision.

The two-minute drill is a clock-management strategy that may limit huddles but also emphasizes plays that stop the game clock.

The two-minute drill is a high-pressure and fast-paced situational strategy where a team will focus on clock management, maximizing the number of plays available for a scoring attempt before a half ( or game ) expires.

If I was used, I allowed it to happen ... a two-minute lapse of sanity that will haunt me forever ...

Mercer's tightly scripted and performed two-minute " rants ," in which he would speak directly to the camera about a current political issue, shot in a style similar to those Denis Leary used in MTV commercials, quickly became the show's signature segment.

The network was originally marketed as commercial free, with comedic promos involving Nickelodeon Animation Studios, two-minute cartoon shorts from foreign markets, and former program promotions which had previously been used on Nickelodeon taking up commercial time.

While the two-minute drill refers to parts of the game with little time remaining on the game clock, the no-huddle may be used in some form at any time.

A college match consists of one three-minute period, followed by two two-minute periods, with an overtime round if necessary.

In the first game of the season against the LA Express, down 31-13 with 8 minutes left in the 4th Quarter, the Gamblers became the first professional football team to use a no-huddle offense before a two-minute drill.

On Friday, 22 June 2011 at around 8: 30 pm, South High School received extensive damage to its outdoor sports areas during a two-minute EF1 tornado: fences around the tennis courts were flattened, portable toilets and rows of bleachers were flipped upside-down as well as some fallen branches across the school's football / soccer field.