Goal line to infinity??

[outofboundsman]

This is the second time I've seen this discussed in a thread, both started my Michaels and Madden. (see http://tinyurl.com/462gu) This one was a Buckhalter TD last season.
That thread died without an answer. And people weren't addressing the question I wanted answered.


Anyway - the question that remains for me is this:

If a player takes off at the 1, his body AND the ball fly and land beyond the goal line but out of bounds - and I mean WITHOUT the ball or body passing over the portion of the endzone marked as inbounds - is it a touchdown?

Because if that is not a touchdown, this whole thing about the goaline extending into infinity doesn't seem to really mean much. Because if you're just saying it's ok for the ball to pass in and the body to pass out - that's kind of obvious. He hasn't touched the ground yet.

Except that I saw someone say that if a player's entire body and the ball are in the air out of bounds he is out of bounds - even before he hits the ground. Because no part of him or the ball is over the field of play.

I really want an answer on this!!