NCAA rule on when the slide is initiated

[NCPitt]

Pause it. He CLEARLY starts his slide at the 16 yard line, a full 1 yard short. Its not even close. Im not even arguing that. Im arguing what the rule is. It does appear that the rule is he's down as soon as he starts the sliding process. If that's indeed the rule, he didnt get it.

You clearly are defining "slide" differently than I am.

Slide = "move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it". That means the "slide" part starts when any body part other than feet begins to contact the ground.

You're clearly redefining words to include non-contact movements as the start of slide. Nowhere in the rule book does it say that.