Time Elapsing After an Offensive Penalty

[sportswriter]

Originally posted by Husker John
In any case though, he was very late in calling that penalty. If memory serves, the receiver was getting up and celebrating his play when the flag came in.

I am not sure what the NCAA mechanic is, but I can tell you that up here north of the border, we're *trained* to wait on a PI, for the reason that we have to determine if a ball is _catchable_ before a PI can be called. You'll almost always see a "late" flag for a PI in that case. I've thrown a flag in a touch football game some four seconds after the original "push" that created seperation.

Guys? What's the NHFS/NCAA mechanic on such things?