Thoughts on Game Interrupter s

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Worked a JV game this past weekend. When I arrived at the game site, I learned that one of my partners (3 man crew) was a first year official working his 3rd game. I am in my third year and our WH had over ten years experience. I also discovered that one of our more experienced and respected WH was observing the game due to injury. Naturally, I asked to be evaluated as well. In reference to my performance, the only constructive criticism he mentioned was the fact that I threw a flag on the twelve yard line (going in) for an OS penalty on the Offense (the left side of the line was lined up in the NZ). The score was 18 - 12 at the time, 1:05 remaining in the 4th quarter. His comment, which was well taken, was that the call was a game interrupter. He suggested that I (or the WH) should have went into the O huddle after the play and commented about the infraction. He mentioned that the only one who probably noticed the infraction was the crew and it was not a safety issue. By the way, after moving them back five, the other wing flagged them for a hold moving them back further. Thank God, they went in to score with 40 seconds left and won 19 -18. Your thoughts on game interrupters.