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Old Mon May 15, 2006, 12:46am
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NCAA rule question; forfeit game

Game Situation: Home Team 35 Visiting Team 0; 2:30 left in the game. Visiting Team with the ball, running clock out to get game over.
The Incendent:
B79 grabs ankle of A5 and does not let go. A5 tries to break loose the grip. Referee only sees A5 kicking, and throws flag for Unsportsmanlike Conduct, and ejects A5. A5 loses his temper, takes off his helmet, throws it to the ground. It bounces and hit Referee in the shin. A5 rushes and gets in Referee's face. Within two seconds, A5's teammates are inbetween Referee and A5, pushing him away. Two of A5's coaches enter the field, and escort A5 off the field. Referee ends game, and awards victory to Visiting team due to forfeit.

Now the question:
Does the offical have the right to call a game a forfeit in this situation under NCAA 2005 rules? If you know the answer, could you point me in the right direction of the Rule Book.

I have read the rules and can not find anything in NCAA rules that allows this. The best I can find is that the offical may suspend the game do to "extraordinary circumstances?"
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