New Football Official-Call?

[PSU213]

Originally posted by mbcrowder
In a play last year, the ball was picked off in the end zone. No whistle. Interceptor immediately dropped the ball, and jogged off the field along with his teammates. Offense also ran off the field. Still no whistle. No one ever came back for the ball. Took us a while to decide exactly what to rule, and even longer between games to find the rule to verify we'd done it right.

So, without looking, what's the call. And the rule? (We're NCAA, so I'm interested to see how this is covered in NF as well).

Here is the NF ruling. The ball is dead when it is apparent no one is trying to secure possession (4-2-2e2), and it sounds like in your situation it was very apparent that no one was trying to secure possession. A's pass is the force that put the ball in the EZ...touchback (8-5-2b).