As always, it appears that when wild/zany/crazy stuff happens, it's in the kicking game. I was running the game clock at a D-III game several years ago with the following occurance:
SCENE : Homecoming at Maine Maritine Academy. MMA's ball 4/10 @ K's 20 ...WHEN.....
(1) Snap sails over K1 's head:
(2) He recovers ball in the end zone ang kicks a 'grounder' while on the run;
(3) K50 -big ole' Bubba- fields bouncing ball @ K's 15;
(4) Bubba stares at ball as both teams begin to leave the field;
(5) Bubba flips the ball to U
, who quickly bats it down;
(6)
confer
and WH signals
and awards the ball to R @ K's 20;
(7) PA announcer : "ERR.. THE PENALTY IS DECLINED, R'S BALL 1& 10
"
(8) At halftime, I went to visit
to ask about that. Their response was, no foul, just Bubba throwing an incomplete forward pass to U
;
(9) I had to ask : "Were there any ineligibles downfield
" They responded : "GIT BACK TO YOUR F@#$ING PURCH
"
EPILOGUE: With both heading off the field, Bubba had a clear path to
, instead he chose to throw an incomplete pass
to U
. That turned him from a Homecoming hero
and a date with the Homecoming Queen
, into a Homecoming zero
with a 0-1 passing record.