[Numbers Guy]

Go back to the olden days, before spiking was allowed: All he had to do was throw at the feet of an eligible receiver (something QBs frequently do when a screen gets busted up--you don't want the guy to catch it and lose yardage).

One more point: It's inexcusable for a team *not* to have something ready for such a situation. WHY were ineligible receivers running downfield after a botched snap? There is absolutely no reason for them to do so, it's just inviting a penalty.

[hattend]

WHY were ineligible receivers running downfield after a botched snap?

They were going down-field as blockers due to the botched snap. If the pass had not been tossed in the direction of those blocker people it probably wouldn't have been called and the game would have been over anyway.