REPLY: That's correct. If you have no idea who committed the first foul, you can't begin marching off yardage because the half-the-distance factor will enter into the enforcement one way or the other. Depending who you decide to penalized first, you would wind up with a situation that either resembles (b) or (c) -- which are not identical. If you arbitrarily decide to penalize A first, you'll have B begin his series at A's 20; if you decide to walk off yardage against B first, B will begin the OT series at A's 12.5. In such a case, Just put the ball on A's 10 to start the OT, give the PF signals pointing to each team. Signal the disqualifications. And then blow the ready.
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Bob M.
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