NCAA: out of bounds or TD when ball hits the pylon?

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

The play at #8 is not detailed enough to illustrate the difference.

Perhaps it is detailed enough in that Mr Gilbert chooses to not see any difference between inside, outside, in front, on top or any other possibility. I'll take his word for it that hitting the pylon means just that.

Let me put it this way... if striking the pylon with the ball from ANY direction was enough to create a TD, we would see players trying to tap the ball into the outside edge of the pylon rather than what we actually DO see - which is players trying their best to reach the ball INSIDE the pylon, thus crossing the goalline before going out of bounds by striking the pylon.

I try not to let the actions of players and their very limited knowledge of the rules influence my decisions regarding the rules.