[With_Two_Flakes]

In NCAA rules, it is a 15 yd basic spot penalty plus loss of down.

So if it is 4th and 10 from the 40, the ball sails over the Team A punters head and he panics and while it is bouncing around he illegally kicks it at (lets say) the 30 to prevent B from recovering it and it goes OOB at the 32. That would be 15yds from the spot of the foul and loss of down, so the next play would be 1st and 10 for B at the 15yd line. A big penalty indeed. No need for the White Hat even to ask an option of B as clearly the best option is to take the penalty.

Same scenario, but this time he illegally kicks it into his own EZ and it goes OOB out the EZ. This time the White Hat needs to ask B what they want. The result of the play is a Safety. But B may not want the 2pts and instead accept the penalty and have the ball themselves on the 15. The score, time remaining etc may well influence their decision.