I am disputing with a friend about what is considered a touch down. I always believed that, as long as the player's foot never touched out of bounds, a touchdown can be scored even if the ball appears 'out of bounds'. Basically, that the goal line goes 'around the world' and you can go at any angle, towards the crowd even, to make the touchdown.
He says that you have to keep the ball over the endzone or else it wont count.

Who's right?

9/1/2007 1:31:30 PM

he is

[Edited on September 1, 2007 at 1:32 PM. Reason : i think?]

9/1/2007 1:31:57 PM

him

it has to break the plane inside of the pylon

[Edited on September 1, 2007 at 1:33 PM. Reason : .]

9/1/2007 1:32:25 PM

"touch down"

as soon as i saw it spelled like that, "he is"

9/1/2007 1:33:05 PM

Quote :

"him it has to break the plane inside of the pylon "

9/1/2007 1:42:43 PM

Alright, I agree with him now. I always thought the plane extended, didn't think about it being a box.

Thanks!

Go State!

9/1/2007 1:46:07 PM

get your ass back here

9/1/2007 1:51:40 PM

what would be the point of the pylon if you were right?

9/1/2007 2:10:18 PM

What do you think if someone was making a run for the endzone and was going out of bounds but managed to break the plane with the football. Like, they reached with an arm and the football into the endzone but their body went out of bounds? Does that count?

9/2/2007 7:10:58 AM

yes, as long as the ball breaks the plane before the player steps out of bounds.

9/2/2007 7:20:51 AM