re: UNC wasn't awarded an extra play because of the penalty...

Wrong, there is no penalty here prior to the snap - which is called a dead ball foul - the team was attempting to get the FG team on, which is their right as long as the play clock allows them. If they go longer than the play clock, that is a dead ball foul - delay of game. The only requirement is that the players to be set for 1 sec prior to the snap except for one allowed to be in motion.

So i believe the penalty was called illegal participation, Not false start, a dead ball foul


I ref'd in TX HS football -we used NCAA rules

The spike occured at :01, the spike is treated as an incomplete pass, so there is no 'hot' clock on the (referees) ready signal...clock starts on the snap

The extra players at the snap with :01 made no diff as far as the clock is concerned, the clock stopped because of the play, the penalty is assessed normally because the game was not 'over' ( but as close to being over as possible). The refs did a great job