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Ruling at the pylon in Iowa state v. BYU
Posted on 10/10/26 at 12:07 am
Posted on 10/10/26 at 12:07 am
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that application of the relationship between the pylon and a touchdown. If you didn’t see it, receiver who is inbounds the entire play makes a clean catch with his back to the endzone at the 2, spins toward the front pylon, and his arm with the ball in it swipes across the pylon while he is still in bounds. They call him down at the half yard line because his elbow hit the pylon while the ball was at like the 6 inch line. I’d like to know when college adopted that rule because it is retarded.
This post was edited on 10/10/26 at 12:09 am
Posted on 10/10/26 at 12:12 am to GorgeousGeorge
Feet inbounds, first thing that hits anything is the receiver’s elbow to the pylon with the ball in possession. Since when is that not a touchdown in any game of football ever played?
Posted on 10/10/26 at 12:32 am to GorgeousGeorge
Think the pylon is considered out of bounds. If you touch that before the ball breaks the plane then it's like touching oob. But I didn't see this play just glancing at your description
Posted on 10/10/26 at 12:36 am to JayVegas702
I agree with your take. Pylon is out of bounds, if the ball itself doesn’t break the plane then the ball is dead where it stands. To be a TD the ball needs to be advanced beyond the white line. That’s a simple call
Posted on 10/10/26 at 12:47 am to GorgeousGeorge
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spins toward the front pylon, and his arm with the ball in it swipes across the pylon while he is still in bounds. They call him down at the half yard line because his elbow hit the pylon while the ball was at like the 6 inch line.
If the ball never crosses the goal line at any point before his elbow hits the pylon (with the ball still short of the goal line) why would it be a TD?
That's pretty cut and dry and makes perfect sense. In what world does it make sense to you that you score a touchdown without the ball crossing the goal line?
Using your logic....a WR catches a pass 2 inches from the goal line, falling back towards the 1 yard line, but as he is falling to the ground he kicks the pylon on his way to the ground...it's a touchdown.
This post was edited on 10/10/26 at 12:51 am
Posted on 10/10/26 at 4:59 am to Roux57
Right it’s the ball that has to break the plane. His elbow touches the pylon he’s down. Ball at the 6 inch line or wherever it was when he touched. That’s how it’s been forever I’m pretty sure.
Posted on 10/10/26 at 5:14 am to GorgeousGeorge
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’d like to know when college adopted that rule
sometime in the 1880's
Posted on 10/10/26 at 5:21 am to T1gerNate
Sounds like the rule was applied correctly but it’s a dumb rule if you think about it.
Posted on 10/10/26 at 5:39 am to JayVegas702
somebody got firicked 
Nothing like splitting hairs to make them look correct.
Nothing like splitting hairs to make them look correct.
This post was edited on 10/10/26 at 5:41 am
Posted on 10/10/26 at 6:01 am to GorgeousGeorge
Why even have a pylon? What’s the point?
Posted on 10/10/26 at 6:03 am to themunch
splitting hairs is looking at slow motion and saying at that split second his elbow reached the Goal line first is just that.
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