The announcers explained the goal line extension rule that if the player has the ball and touches the pylon then it is a TD. He never touched to pylon or went over it in the air so it was not a TD.
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Unless I misunderstood the announcers in the Utes-Trojans game, they were making the same mistake that announcers often make about this rule, in that the player coming in contact with the pylon is not the same as his touching the pylon with the ball. You’re right that it’s a touchdown if a ball-carrier who is in bounds touches the pylon, but it’s not a TD if only the ball does. The ball can touch the pylon without either it or the ball-carrier having to be in bounds when reaching the plane of the goal line.