NCAA LOD enforcement
 

Just want to verify....

NCAA: if there is an accepted live-ball foul (not treated as a dead-ball) during the last timed down of a period, do you extend the period for an untimed down even if the penalty carries a LOD?

Yes. Even if that means the opposing team is next to snap the ball.

Jason, seems that we went over this in clinic and the answer was no ... specifically due to these two examples and similar plays:

1) A32 is about to get tackled on a play after time has expired around the B10, and sees A88 in the endzone - he throws it to A88 for the TD. Penalty is Illegal forward pass, which carries with it LOD. Ruling - A does not get to run another play after the enforcement of the penalty.

2) Time has expired on a 1st and 10 pass play, A12 throws the ball no-where near an A player and is flagged for grounding, but B56 picks off the pass - during the return, B56 fumbles, A recovers and returns the fumble for a TD. B must accept the penalty to avoid the TD, but because the penalty carries a LOD, A does not get another play.

Which clinician said this? I doubt it was Charles Stephenson. I don't see anything in the book that permits you to blow off the required penalty extension just because it gives A another chance.

REPLY: Another rules difference. In NCAA, you extend; in Federation, you don't.

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And no, it was a breakout session, names to remain nameless in public.

The rule is pretty specific and LOD plays are not an exception to this. I guess your clinician was giving out bad information
3-2-3
Extension of Periods
ARTICLE 3. A period shall be extended until a down (other than a try), free
from live-ball fouls not penalized as dead-ball fouls, has been played when:
a. A penalty is accepted for a live-ball foul(s) not penalized as a dead-ball
foul that occurs during a down in which time expires (Exception: Rule
10-2-2-g-1) (A.R. 3-2-3-I-VIII).
b. Offsetting fouls occur during a down in which time expires.
c. An inadvertent whistle is sounded or an official signals the ball dead
during a down in which time expires.

Well, I went home and got out the book at lunch. Based on what you've posted, I see no flaw in your argument. Guess I need to hunt the guy down next Monday and see if I misunderstood him, or if he has some other interp that actually came from somewhere.