These types of penalties must be DECLINED for Banjo to work properly. Admittedly, this process is counterintuitive, but we have to do it this way to prevent discrepancies

The process is very similar for both TDs, FGs, and XP/2pt. The flows described below will indicate how to enter this scenario on dead-ball and live-ball penalties

Dead Ball (after the play): 

• • TD: Formation  > Play Type & Result > Alerts + Yard line > Player attribution > Ref Event > Penalty > DECLINED > Confirm > Manually edit Kickoff yard line

  • FG: Formation  > FG Made > Ref Event > Penalty > DECLINED > Confirm > Manually edit Kickoff yard line

  • PAT: XP/2Pt Attempt > Snap > XP/2Pt Made > Ref Event > Penalty > DECLINED > Confirm > Manually edit Kickoff yard line

Live Ball: 

• • TD: Only possible on a defensive score. Utilize the dead-ball protocol listed above

  • FG: Not possible

  • PAT: XP/2Pt Attempt >  Snap > Penalty Alert Toggle + XP/2Pt Made > Penalty > DECLINED > Confirm > Manually edit Kickoff yard line

If you miss the Alert or the Ref Event, do NOT try to fix it. Tell your game supervisor, and we will add it on the auditing side

There will never be a live ball penalty enforced on kickoff if the XP, 2pt, or FG is missed/failed

Enter kick with penalty alert as normal

Enter who the penalty was on and who retains possession

• • Possession is who will have the ball for the next play from scrimmage

Enter the resulting yard line and confirm

ALWAYS double-check your field map to make sure everything is correct after plays like this

Unlike the NFL, intentional grounding in college is recorded as a sack for a loss of yards to where the ball is released, plus a 0-yard penalty with a loss of down

• • Loss of Down is similar to NFL rules

Because of this, we have to enter differently than all other penalties

Every intentional grounding penalty should be entered as an incomplete pass > Ref Event on the Confirmation Screen > Penalty > Grounding

• • The Grounding option will take you directly to the Post-Penalty yardage scroller, where you will input the new LOS after the penalty is enforced

You and your partner should recognize the potential for a Grounding penalty when it occurs and refrain from confirming the play until a ruling has been made

Enter the formation and play type as usual

If it is a pass play, it will very likely be a QB scramble (Sack)

If it is a punt, then enter Fumble > Fumble Recovered (a Fumble Lost at the kicking team's 0 yard line would be a TD for the defense)

Once you get to the yardage scroller, hit the score alert just like you would for a TD

Move the yardage scroller to the offense's 0-yard line to trigger the Safety

• • This will set you up for the ensuing free kick

NOTE: If your next screen is an XP, then you scrolled to the wrong 0-yard line, and you will need to edit the play

This applies to both interceptions and fumbles

Once you click the penalty alert on the post-TOV yardage scroller, you will be prompted to pick who the penalty was on and who has possession

Possession selection refers to which team will have the ball for the next play from scrimmage

ALWAYS double-check your field map to make sure everything is correct after plays like this

Blocked kicks and fumbles by the kicking team are charted the same for our purposes

On the Punt/FG Result screen, you will select Fumble. From there, you will have three Options:

• • Fumble Recovered = kicking team recovers

  • Fumble Lost = defending /receiving team recovers

  • No Fumble = there was no fumble on the play (misclick). This will take you back to the result screen

If there is a safety or TD, don't forget the score toggle!

Select Punt Formation >Punt > Choose a Punt Result

• • This will almost always be a fair catch or a punt return

Wait to select turnover toggle on the yardage scroller after you click a result. This ensures that Banjo knows that the receiving team touched the ball and therefore is now in possession

• • If you select the Turnover Alert BEFORE selecting a result, you are telling Banjo that the Kicking committed the potential turnover because the possession has not changed

Fumble Lost = kicking team recovers

No Turnover = receiving team recovers

Enter the first turnover as you normally would

If there's a second turnover, hit the turnover alert on the post-Tov yardage scroller and complete that process again

• • NOTE: Banjo will allow you to go in an infinite loop and enter as many turnovers as needed

Once all turnovers are entered, confirm the play

These plays are extremely rare. If possible, notify your game supervisor if you experience one of these in your game