Rose Bowl...lining up behind LOS

[Robert Goodman]

Obviously some confusion occurred. A pedantic ruling on Fed rules would've had a dead ball foul of encroachment by B, but I would hope nobody would actually flag that. From your description there doesn't seem to have been any advantage to be gained by A's lining up on the wrong line under NCAA rules, and under Fed rules only by the pedantic ruling mentioned above, so I would say this is a no harm, no foul situation. I would think that at least the intended snapper would've realized something was wrong when his arms wouldn't stretch 15 feet to reach the ball!