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Originally Posted by bearclause
a) Team A (original offensive team) member commits a post-interception penalty that prevents a Team B member (who intercepted the ball) from potentially scoring. My reading suggests that the play would be over, and the only penalty enforcement would be on a personal foul/unsportsmanlike conduct if the game is not yet decided, and only on the next play (2nd series or beginning of new OT period). In our case it would obviously be over, but what happens if it's in the first series?
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The only fouls which will see the penalty enforced on the next play are flagrant personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conduct fouls, or live ball fouls that are penalized as dead ball fouls. That means that when B starts their series the penalty could be enforced such that instead of starting at the 25, they would start at the 12 and 1/2 yard line (assuming there was just one such foul to enforce)
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Originally Posted by bearclause
b) Team A manages to recover the ball after it's fumbled by a Team B player who originally intercepted the ball. Members of Team B think it's over and start wandering onto the field. Is is possible that Team A would be given a replay of the down for illegal participation? My interpretation of the NCAA OT rule is that pretty much all fouls are declined and nothing can force a replay of a series after the initial turnover, although a score can be cancelled if the scoring team commits a foul. I've heard some suggestions that it only makes sense to allow Team A to replay the down where the ball is blown dead plus the penalty yeardage, although the rules don't seem to address that possibility.
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If it is judged those Team B players interfered with the play, the officials can award any penalty deemed equitable. You would have to see the specific play and then judge what impact the interference had and then award whatever penalty you deemed equitable. I would be very reluctant to let A have the down again and would probably opt to enforce on B's series that would start next.
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Originally Posted by bearclause
c) Same as B, but maybe one Team B player not originally participating in the play sees the ball is still live and tackles the Team A ball carrier. That would seem to clearly be a case where the referees discretion to award a score could be possible. I'm still wondering if the discretion to replay the down is applicable given that the rules otherwise state that an OT series is over once there's a turnover, and is there really any replaying of the down on a change of possession?
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Same as B but would be very willing to award the score if it seemed A had a pretty good chance to score