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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: wv ref on October 12, 2013, 04:13:43 PM
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Here is the play, where would you have the ball?
5. Following a TD, place kicker A49 is roughed during the successful try and Team A elects to
enforce the 15 yard penalty on the succeeding kickoff. The kickoff from the 50 is high, muffed
by R27 at the R-1 and rolls into his EZ. R 27 slips and falls, gets up and "hearing footsteps",
panics and bats the loose ball over the end line. Ruling?
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Batting does not give enforcement instructions in the statement of the penalty, therefore it is governed by the Three-and-one principle (2-33, 10-2-2-c).
The basic spot on a free kick is the previous spot (10-2-2-d-4-a)
The status of the ball is still a kick since muffing a kick does not change it's status. (2-11-2)
The kicking team (Team A) is in possession of the ball until Team B gains possession (2-4-a-b-1).
So this is a foul governed by 3-and-1 that was committed by the team not in possession, which means it is enforced at the basic spot, the previous spot. (10-2-2-c-3)
The result after enforcement would be A K/O on the B-35.
Note: The result of the play itself is a touchback, since the status of the ball is still a kick and muffing a kick does not change the impetus, so Team A is responsible for the ball being in the endzone and the ball becomes dead out of bounds behind the goal line. 8-6-1-a, 8-7-2-a
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Illegal batting is a 10-yard penalty.
Wouldn't the ball be kicked at B-40 if the penalty is accepted?
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Yep, I keep forgetting that!
A K/O B-40