DPI inside the 30 yard line

[crimsonace1]

This is probably cut-and-dried, but I've seen this enforced two different ways *this season*. 

Defensive pass interference inside the 30 yard line (e.g., let's say the team has the ball at the +25, DPI occurs in the end zone). 

Is enforcement half the distance (so, in this case, to the 12.5 yard line) or is the full 15 stepped off on pass interference up to the 2 yard line?

In one case in a game this season, the crew stepped off half the distance. In another, the crew stepped off the full 15. 

[Impartial_Observer]

5 minutes ago, crimsonace1 said:

This is probably cut-and-dried, but I've seen this enforced two different ways *this season*. 

Defensive pass interference inside the 30 yard line (e.g., let's say the team has the ball at the +25, DPI occurs in the end zone). 

Is enforcement half the distance (so, in this case, to the 12.5 yard line) or is the full 15 stepped off on pass interference up to the 2 yard line?

In one case in a game this season, the crew stepped off half the distance. In another, the crew stepped off the full 15. 

A penalty enforcement can NEVER take the ball more than half the distance to the GL. 

[crimsonace1]

15 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

A penalty enforcement can NEVER take the ball more than half the distance to the GL. 

That's what I thought, which leads me to believe the one crew just got confused on whether it was Friday night or Saturday afternoon. I think the previous LOS was the +23 and they placed the ball at the +8. 

[Impartial_Observer]

1 hour ago, crimsonace1 said:

That's what I thought, which leads me to believe the one crew just got confused on whether it was Friday night or Saturday afternoon. I think the previous LOS was the +23 and they placed the ball at the +8. 

See my post in the other thread. Not Friday nights is a great place for aspiring young white hats to cut their teeth. I would hope someone helped him out. 

[JustRules]

It could also be a situation where they just didn't think about the starting point and just went 15 without realizing they should have been half the distance. Not acceptable, but maybe just a lack of concentration rather than lack of rules knowledge. That is correct for NCAA enforcement unless the flag was within 15 yards of the LOS.