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It makes sense for them to be inbounds because you are inbounds until you step out. You score a TD by matriculating in the third dimension over the end zone line. So, you wouldn’t want to make the three dimensional pylon OUT of bounds because OUT is supposed to be the ground. You want to make the pylon IN so you know you matriculated OVER the inbounds area and thus scored a TD.
Pylons are most definitely not sitting inside the end zones. They are in line, and sitting on, the out of bound lines that intersect with the goal line. Ball hits it, it's a TD. Body hits it, it's out of bounds. Pretty simple.It makes sense for them to be inbounds because you are inbounds until you step out. You score a TD by matriculating in the third dimension over the end zone line. So, you wouldn’t want to make the three dimensional pylon OUT of bounds because OUT is supposed to be the ground. You want to make the pylon IN so you know you matriculated OVER the inbounds area and thus scored a TD.
Wow, you got BS's for a well written and factual post. How dare a level headed and non-insulting factual statement be found on these boards!Actually your question is phrased as such that you may believe the pylons at other levels of football aren't out of bounds?
The distraction/confusion from the duck play is about making contact with the pylon with anything other than the ball.
A pylon is out of bounds and just across the end zone at every level. If the ball makes contact with it BEFORE any part of the player lands/touches out of bounds it is considered a TD. If a player makes contact with the pylon with any part of their body they are out of bounds and the ball is placed at the location where it was at the moment that body part made contact.
It's as simple of a rule as there is in football.
Hey lets move the goal posts back to the goal again tooYTF is the Pylon out of bounds in CFB?