Touchdown Rule: a question

[The Roamin' Umpire]

Originally posted by PSU213
As someone else mentioned, it is almost impossible for an official to be down there right on the GL (even then it is a very, very tough call), and you could see the line judge arrive at the goal line well after the play in question.

Indeed. The only official that's got a prayer of making it to the goal line on this play is the referee, and that's only because he's got a 20-yard head start. But if he doesn't break upfield immediately, he's not going to get there, either.