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Originally posted by kdf5
I don't know about you guys but I always stop the clock after an INT. 3-4-2 says you start on the ready unless the action that causes the down to end doesn't also stop the clock.
The converse is also true and that is that you start on the snap when the action that caused the down to end does stop the clock. B wasn't awarded a new series, but that's not the point. The INT stops the clock, always.
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99% of the time you would start the clock on the snap after an INT (ball dead inbounds), but not because of the INT. You are starting on the snap because 99% of the time you award a new series to B after the INT. Not so in this play. An INT is not one of the reasons given in rule 3 to start the clock on the snap.
In this play, you have an administrative stoppage of the clock to enforce the foul, not to award B a new series. What you have here is an administrative stoppage to enforce a foul and award A a new series, therfore start on the ready.