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When I saw the sequence of three running plays for no gain, I said to my wife, "Wow, the only reason to settle for that is because Shaw has already decided that he's comfortable trying the field goal from this distance.  Otherwise he would have called some other plays to get positive yards".  Given that, I was genuinely surprised that to see Stanford punt on the next play.

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But, speaking of poor calls, I thought the rule was that the receiver is considered inbounds if the defender pushes him out of bounds before he can get his foot down.  Am I wrong, or did the refs get the call wrong where the Stanford receiver almost came down with a full foot inbounds.  The defender was carrying him out as he came down.

I think you're thinking of the NFL, which has such a rule.  AFAIK, the college game has no such provision.  But, the college game only requires one foot in bounds, whereas in the pros it's two.

The rule was changed a some years ago. A defender can push you out of bounds, and it is incomplete even if you would have been in bounds without the push. 

I like the rule now as it takes away a judgement call from the refs, and a decision can be made on facts (visual or replay).

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When I saw the sequence of three running plays for no gain, I said to my wife, "Wow, the only reason to settle for that is because Shaw has already decided that he's comfortable trying the field goal from this distance.  Otherwise he would have called some other plays to get positive yards".  Given that, I was genuinely surprised that to see Stanford punt on the next play.

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But, speaking of poor calls, I thought the rule was that the receiver is considered inbounds if the defender pushes him out of bounds before he can get his foot down.  Am I wrong, or did the refs get the call wrong where the Stanford receiver almost came down with a full foot inbounds.  The defender was carrying him out as he came down.

I think you're thinking of the NFL, which has such a rule.  AFAIK, the college game has no such provision.  But, the college game only requires one foot in bounds, whereas in the pros it's two.

The rule was changed a some years ago. A defender can push you out of bounds, and it is incomplete even if you would have been in bounds without the push. 

I like the rule now as it takes away a judgement call from the refs, and a decision can be made on facts (visual or replay).