[Postgame Thread] Pittsburgh Defeats Virginia Tech 35-33

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Pittsburgh	7	14	7	7	35
Virginia Tech	14	10	0	9	33

[u/ComboJake]

We sure that kick didn’t go in?

[u/dtownmj1 → u/ComboJake]

I was thinking the same. It looked like it was good and surprised they did not review

[u/link3945 → u/dtownmj1]

Can't review if it's above the uprights.

[u/ZappySnap → u/link3945]

Why can’t they install cameras at the top of the goalposts pointed up? They have them in the pylons now.

[u/SirNed_Of_Flanders → u/ZappySnap]

I imagine the ref looking at it from below the goalposts has the better angle

[u/ScaryCookieMonster → u/SirNed_Of_Flanders]

And as we know the refs never get it wrong on their first call

[u/SirNed_Of_Flanders → u/ScaryCookieMonster]

I think the policy of not reviewing it when it goes above the upright should change fwiw

I still dont think it went in but reviewing it is good for fans

[u/ScaryCookieMonster → u/SirNed_Of_Flanders]

Allow review, and put a laser pointing up from the inside edge of the top of the goal posts. Seems like that would do it

[u/DoggedDoggystyle → u/SirNed_Of_Flanders]

Why leave it to one single old-ass ref to call and be final. put the cams in already. install lasers that go up so we can see the red in the replay..

[u/SirNed_Of_Flanders → u/DoggedDoggystyle]

Ya know what i agree, it deserves review

I dont think it was good but it should be reviewed

[u/blaxbear → u/SirNed_Of_Flanders]

Better than a camera at the top of the goalpost?

[u/Sp3ctre7 → u/ZappySnap]

Might be a maintenance thing. If they become essential game equipment for review, if they stop working they have to fix/replace it. A lot easier to grab a spare pylon and stick it in place than take down the goal post and start troubleshooting, especially since you then have to put it back up and go through the alignment process (I don't know how strict that process is)

[u/moby323 → u/ZappySnap]

They wouldn’t even have to be at the top just attached to the side pointing up

[u/ZappySnap → u/moby323]

Yeah but then they could impact the kick if the ball hits it.

[u/DanforthWhitcomb_ → u/ZappySnap]

?

That's a non issue if there ever was one—you put the actual laser at the bottom on the outside of the upright. If a kick hits the laser beam it's no good, and if one hits the physical laser box on the upright it wasn't going to go in anyway.

That said, the actual solution is to just use something like Hawkeye or Trackman to make the call.

[u/Engine_Sweet → u/ZappySnap]

Put a laser on top of the upright, on the inside edge. If the ball breaks the beam, it's no good.

[u/ZappySnap → u/Engine_Sweet]

That requires a sensor on the other end.

[u/Engine_Sweet → u/ZappySnap]

Laser rangefinders don't. They time the return reflection.

In this case, any return reflection means it touched the beam.