End of game Notre Dame - Stanford

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Rich

So you're saying that there's no difference in how you'll call this considering it's 4th and goal? You're not going to give the runner every change to either (1) be down or (2) get to the goal line?

I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I'm just looking for discussion on this.

I don't think you should rule differently on 4th and goal than you would on another play. If the defense stops the offensive player's forward progress and still has him in their grasp, the play is over.