Wisconsin overtime controversy

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by wisref2

From last weekend's playoffs. Wisconsin uses the college OT rule (1st & 10 from the 25).

In overtime (top half of the inning), Red scores touchdown and kick PAT.
Teams gather at sideline before the next series.
White's offense comes on field, Red defense still huddled at sideline. Official tells Red the ball is about ready to be blown ready for play.
Red doesn't immediately break huddle (they weren't doing anything unusual or unsporting - just slow).
R blows ready for play while Red is still on sideline and White walks in for a touchdown. 2-point conversion is good to win the game.

I think the time between top & bottom of a tiebreaker frame should be considered "an intermission between periods" requiring invocation of 3-4-2b.3, although a case could be made that it's the start of a "half", which makes for a bigger penalty. There's an AR saying the lesser penalty should be given for not being ready following "any timeout", so maybe this should be considered that.