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Pirate Rep said... (original post) In college football, defensive offsides occurs when a player is beyond the line of scrimmage at the snap, allowing the play to continue, while e... show more I’m going to bow out here after this as we are getting nowhere- and that’s ok!…but what you are posting are the rules most closely used in the NFL- and certainly didn’t come from the rule book. There will NEVER be a call of encroachment on the defense in college football- it literally does not exist. All defensive penalties (edit- penalties involving the neutral zone) are lumped into offsides- and it can be a free play or called dead depending on what occurs. Sadly, this is often at the discretion of the ref. I agree- there should have been a clear whistle- that is the bigger issue. As soon as our O lineman moved, it is a dead ball penalty (per the official NCAA rule book page 86). https://www.ncaa.org/championships/playing-rules/football-playing-rules/ If you can point to an area of the rule book that supports what you posted I will gladly admit wrong! But, that is not what the NCAA rule book says regarding offsides penalties in college football. Edit: To further add- if anyone doesn’t want to sort through the rule book (which admittedly is boring lol)- just google “offside rule difference nfl vs college football”- you will get the same explanation.