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Football Officiating => Texas Topics => Topic started by: ElvisLives on April 21, 2026, 12:29:06 AM
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Latest TASO off-season quiz. Tell me where I screwed up. I am uploading these at 12:29 am CDST.
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1. A 1/10 @ B-32. QB A12’s pass is intercepted by B32 and returned for 12 yds where he is tackled inbounds. B10 was offside on the play.
Ruling: A, 1/5, B-27, ready (25).
The 5-yard penalty for B10’s Offside foul is penalized at the previous spot. Since Team B will not next snap the ball, and there is no other reason for the game clock to start on the snap, the game clock will start on the referee’s signal. Due to the penalty completion the play clock is set to 25-seconds and will start on the referee’s signal.
2. A F/K @ A-20. A37 kicks the ball to the B-13. During the kick, B8 makes a brief wave below his shoulder at the B-10. The ball bounces, followed by B8 possessing the ball at the B-8.
Ruling: B, 1/10, B-8, snap (25).
B8’s waving arm motion is an invalid fair catch signal, which causes the ball to become dead when possessed by any player. Since the legally kicked ball was recovered by a Team B player after a signal was made by a teammate, Team B will put the ball in play at the yard line where it was recovered (B-8), at the lateral spot of the recovery, if between the hash marks, or at the nearest hash mark if recovered in a side zone. Because of the legal kick down, the play clock is set to 25-seconds, and will start on the referee’s signal, and the game clock will start on the snap.
3. A 1/10 @ A-45. From a shotgun formation, A10 takes the snap and rolls to his left. As he approaches the A-45, both of A10’s feet are beyond the A-45, but no other part of his body or the ball has crossed the LOS. A10 then retreats to A-44.5 and throws a forward pass to A16 near the sideline at the B-23. The pass falls incomplete.
Ruling: A, 2/10, A-45, snap (40, automatic).
A10’s pass is legal, because A10’s entire body, and the ball, remained behind the neutral zone before the pass was thrown. Because of the incomplete forward pass, the game clock will start on the snap. The play clock is 40-seconds and is started when the ball becomes dead with the incomplete pass.
(Personal commentary: This is a BS question. If a ball carrier has BOTH feet across the neutral zone, it would be almost impossible for his entire body and the ball, in his possession, to NOT, also, be beyond the neutral zone.)
4. A 1/10 @ A-42. A8 takes the snap and hands off to A5 who runs to the A-46 where he is tackled. During the run, B64 is flagged for holding.
Ruling: A, 1/10, B-44, ready (25).
The 10-yard penalty for B64’s Defensive Holding foul is penalized per 3&1 from the Basic Spot, which is the end of the related run (A-46), taking the ball to the B-44, with a first down by penalty. Because of the penalty completion, the play clock is set to 25-sconds, and (on the assumption that the ball became dead inbounds) both clocks will start on the referee’s signal.
5. A 2/20 @ A-15. A2 takes the snap at the A-11 and hands off to A21 who runs to the A-30 where he is tackled. During the run, A6 blocks B4 while he is out of bounds at the A-40.
Ruling: A, 2/20, A-15, ready (25), OR, A, 3/5, A-30, ready (25).
The 15-yard penalty for A6’s Illegal Block for blocking an opponent, when both he and the opponent are out of bounds, is penalized per 3&1 at the Basic Spot, which is the end of the related run (A-30), taking the ball to the A-15, where the down will be repeated. Because of the penalty completion, the play clock is set to 25-sconds, and (on the assumption that the ball became dead inbounds) both clocks will start on the referee’s signal; OR
Alternatively, Team B may elect to decline the penalty for A6’s Illegal Block, and Team A will snap the ball at the dead-ball spot, and the down number will advance to 3rd down. Because of the penalty completion, the play clock is set to 25-sconds, and (on the assumption that the ball became dead inbounds) both clocks will start on the referee’s signal.