I'll bite. Ask team A captain if he wants to let team B run one play from A-15 or take a 15 yard penalty on the 2nd half kickoff. I'm guessing he'll choose the kickoff, but this isn't entirely obvious.
Good job, Kalle, ya' nailed it
! As I recall, the actual happening went sorta' like this....
(1) Told A's captain ,and invited B's captain to tag along, that we should go over toward his coach as the choice could get complicated. Captain A responded : "Complicated stuff made his head ache."
(2) Explained to A's captain, in front of A's coach : "They blocked in the back @ your 20, if you accept, we first will move the ball back to the 30 BUT then we'll enforce your late hit and move the ball to your 15 and give them one more play. IF you decline their penalty the half ends but your penalty would be tacked onto your 2nd half kickoff and you'd kick from your 25."
(3) Captain A :
, coach A : "Do they have a good field goal kicker
??"
(4) Me : "Their opening kickoff went into the endzone, coach, you can either give 'em an extra play from your 15 and clean the sleight or kickoff from your 25."
(5) A's coach told his captain to decline the penalty.
(6) I announced that halftime had arrived.
(7) The home bandleader yelled at me : "You wasted 5 minutes of our performance and it's HOMECOMING
!!"
(8) I pointed at the clock that still said 20:00 and gave signal #2 - the bandleader was now
!
(9) B's coach inquired why I didn't ask his captain if he wanted an untimed down - I responded that I had only brought him across the field for learning purposes
.
.....and the band played on.