[rdb3]

Don't quote me on this, but, I think it has to do with the ball being in the air. For example, let's say on a kickoff the ball travels in the air and/or until it leaves the field of play. The clock will run until the ball is officially "dead." When the ball crossed the crossbar of the goalpost, it still was "falling" even though the net caught it.

I don't know the official rule, but this is my guess.

[Timesink]

A question from those of us with only enough knowledge of football rules to make us dangeorus: After the Rams' TD tieing it 17-17, why didn't they just try to run the ball through and pretty much (hopefully) ending it there, instead of just doing the extra point kick? At least, that's what my father was asking. I said I thought they were only allowed to try running the ball through in certain situations, or else they were allowed to but were afraid of screwing it up somehow and guaranteeing a 17-17 tie instead of the sure-to-win (yeah, right) 18-17 score they ended up with.

Can someone tell me who's right here?