1st and 10 ?

[joe bonner]

I am a second year football official . Since I do not have any Friday night games yet I enjoy watching Friday night crews. I have a small notebook in which I record interesting plays and penaltys. Although most schools near my home are AA enrollment , I travel a little to take in the AAAA action .Here's two notes I took this past Friday.

1.)Team A - 3rd down - ball on B's 41. Line to gain is B's 19. A1 legal forward pass is complete to A2 and is down at B's 17 . A2 is flagged for noncontact unsportsmanlike conduct 15 yd.penalty. Ball is spotted at B's 32 1st and 10 .

Should this be 1st and 10 or 1st and 25 ?

2.) Line Judge throws a flag for holding . The infraction should have been called by the umpire who was sleeping. After a conference the White Hat waves off the flag. LJ was not happy with the decision.
I wish the Referee would have left the penalty stand OR the Line Judge showed body language that he was in agreement with the decision .(even though he was not)