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We had a play on Friday night where a dead ball USC foul changed the decision of team B.
3rd down and about 10. There's a run up the middle that left A about a yard short of the LTG. When A's captain asked who the foul was on, I told him and the offending player flipped and drew 2 flags (one from me and one from the U). One foul, of course.
So, without the USC it would've been 4th and 1 and I'm pretty sure B would've accepted the penalty as it would've made it about 3rd and 20. But with the USC, they were able to decline the penalty and make it 4th and 16. Had A reached the LTG on the play, B would've had to accept both penalties to keep it 3rd and long.
All pretty straight-forward penalty enforcement (once we verified that A was short of the LTG on the 3rd down play) and it seemed pretty easy when I presented those options to the coach, but without having some simple principles down pat, it would've been more confusing.
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