[Husker] officiating question regarding final play

[Jerry Budd]

Bob,

Why would it have been a "dead ball" foul?  Wasn't the play still live?

Jerry

>I found the correct rule for this, and it agrees with what ESPN is
>reporting today that the SunBelt conference is saying about the play.
>
>Rule 9-2-b-1 says that players and coaches can't come out onto the
>field.  The penalty is a dead ball foul, 15 yards, and obviously both
>teams should have been penalized.  The game is not extended on dead ball
>offsetting fouls so the game would've ended.  The only effect is that
>Michigan shouldn't have gotten credit for the 50 or 60 yards covered on
>that play.
>
>So I was wrong in saying this down should have been replayed, but for
>live ball offsetting fouls (for example, had there been a clip called on
>Michigan and a face mask against Nebraska), the period is extended.
>
>Bob


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