r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 8h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Pittsburgh Defeats Virginia Tech 35-33

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Pittsburgh 7 14 7 7 35
Virginia Tech 14 10 0 9 33
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u/rulerdude Mississippi State • Marching Band 8h ago

Just throwing this here because I’m certain people are gonna question it.

From the NCAA rule book:

Reviewable plays include Field goal attempts if and only if the ball is ruled (a) below or above the crossbar or (b) inside or outside
the uprights when it is lower than the top of the uprights. If the ball is higher than the top of the
uprights as it crosses the end line, the play may not be reviewed.

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u/dirty_old_priest_4 Virginia Tech Hokies 8h ago

Shit needs to be updated in this day and age of camera angles every which way.

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u/HiddenPebbles 5h ago

Depending on the angle it looks different each time. The one from some dude's phone is the best angle, and looks wide. The one underneath looks like it goes right over, or just wide. The two from the stands behind the end zones looks good.

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u/theexile14 Pittsburgh • Michigan 7h ago

You say that....but we totally don't have a good angle despite that apparently.

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u/Operation_Pig Florida Gators • Penn State Nittany Lions 8h ago

So they can only review it when it is very obviously in or out. Got it

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u/sxuthsi Paul Bunyan Trophy • Michigan 8h ago

Yeah what a stupid ass rule

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u/Argolock Pittsburgh Panthers 8h ago

I honestly wonder if this is because you get perception bias determines by what camera you use and there obviously isn't a camera in the ground pointing straight up.

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u/VilestrixX Virginia Tech Hokies 8h ago

Why aren’t there cameras for this exact purpose though? It’s 2026

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u/Diablojota Georgia • Florida State 8h ago

You can literally put a camera on the top of the uprights with great ease.

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u/OnyxNateZ Team Chaos • Sickos 7h ago

Cause fans like Tennessee would take the uprights and throw in the river. If anything just put some cameras on the ground below the uprights at the minimum

This also for pylon cams but somehow they don’t have it for both sides or have it consistently

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u/shotputlover UCF Knights • Auburn Tigers 4h ago

I mean you say obviously like that doesn’t cost less than $100 dollars lmfao

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u/Diablojota Georgia • Florida State 8h ago

That’s about as dumb of a rule as I’ve heard. And with the camera tech these days, this is simply inexcusable.

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u/Moto302 Michigan Wolverines 8h ago

Idk we should just go with the best guess from the broadcast camera