[Husker] officiating question regarding final play

[Dick Karre]

Big XII official Kelly Saalfeld (didn't he play center for NU?) says 
both teams could have been penalized for going onto the field, and that 
MU would then have been given an untimed down.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=38&u_sid=2090028
Dick Karre

> From: Bob Clouston (rclousto) 
>> 
> 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.