untimed down?

[The Roamin' Umpire]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan

coming off a timeout we had 23 seconds left in the 1st half, 4th down and long. team A punts the ball but we have a block below the waist behind the neutral zone(before ball was kicked) and team B accepts the penalty, we replay 4th down. at this point there is 13 seconds to go in the half. when would the clock start? if it starts on the ready for play we have an untimed down.

Under Fed rules, start the clock on the ready. We have not awarded a new series after a legal kick, and there was no fair catch made. See casebook 3.4.2, especially situation D.