2. RULING: A 4/19 B29; Snap; No ZAP 10. The five yard penalty is enforced from the spot of the foul, B's 24 and carries a loss of down. Team B may, but will not elect the ZAP 10 to give them more time in case Team A is successful on a 46-yard field goal attempt. If Team A is unsuccessful on their field goal attempt, Team B should be able to run out the clock even if Team A has all of their timeouts remaining. Team B does run the risk when they do not elect the ZAP 10 that Team A might make a first down on their fourth down play.
3. RULING: A 1/goal B2; Snap. The clock starts on the snap since a Team A ball carrier ran out of bounds with fewer than two minutes remaining in the half. Since the ball was snapped inside B's 17, the penalty from the previous spot shall place the ball on B's 2. The half the distance provision does not apply for defensive pass interference except during a try when the ball is snapped on or inside B's 3.
4. RULING: A 1/10 A43. The 15-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot, A's 28, and carries a first down. The tackle box disintegrates when a potential passer (legally grounding the ball) or potential kicker (roughing or running into the kicker protection) leaves the tackle box (2-34-1-b). The same logic applies to the horse collar tackle when a ball carrier leaves the tackle box. Thus, "once out, always out". The purpose of the rule is to protect the ball carrier "on the run".
5. RULING: B 1/10 A22. The 5-yard penalty for Team A's free kick out of bounds foul will be enforced from the spot where the subsequent dead ball belongs to Team B, A's 42. If a live ball is declared dead out of bounds and the ball does not cross a boundary line, it is out of bounds at the ball's most forward point when it was declared dead. The 15-yard penalty for the late hit is enforced from the succeeding spot, A's 37. Team B could elect, but will not, that the 5-yard penalty be enforced from the previous spot. After penalty enforcement for the free kick out of bounds foul plus the 15-yard penalty for A64's dead ball foul, it would be A f/k A10.
6. RULING: Touchdown. A try B3. The low block behind the neutral zone by A84 toward his own goal line is a legal block. If the low block occurred on A's 41, it would be an illegal block. It is not known why it is a safety factor on A's 41 and not on A's 39. Perhaps the distinguished physician and college official from South Florida will have the results of some studies.
7. RULING: A 1/10 B33 Roughing the passer. The ball carrier becomes a passer when he releases the ball. He remains a passer from the time he releases the ball until the pass is complete, incomplete or intercepted or he moves to participate in the play. The 15-yard penalty is added to the end of the last run when that runs ends beyond the neutral zone and there is no change of team possession during the down. The roughing the passer rule states that, "No defensive player shall charge into a passer or throw him to the ground when it is obvious the ball has been thrown" (9-1-9) The interpretation has always extended to all personal fouls against the passer.