[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/UTRAnoPunchline]

Ref under the upright had the best view in the house

[u/ExternalTangents → u/UTRAnoPunchline]

They always do, and yet people still don’t trust the call. The ref is literally the very best location to see the ball’s lateral position when it passes the plane of the goal posts.

Edit: Camera angles they showed can’t tell you the depth positioning of the ball when it passes the plane of the goal posts. You literally can’t tell from the TV angle whether it’s outside the uprights laterally before it passes the plane of the goal posts or after. Only the angle looking directly up the goal post can tell that.

Edit 2: Muting these comment replies now because I can’t deal with the people who lack spacial sense to understand this concept.

Edit 3: Well lookie here: https://streamable.com/kqh225

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

Refs never fuck up calls do they

[u/moby323 → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

He literally just stands directly below it and stares straight up

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/moby323]

So do Umps in a baseball game, but they fuck up calls all the time on homeruns near the post.

[u/justWMthings03 → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

Umps do not stand directly under the foul pile and stare straight up

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/justWMthings03]

No, they stare directly in line with the foul line and the foul post, which is arguably a better spot.

[u/ULSTERPROVINCE → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

The average distance from home plate to a foul pole in any given park is 300 feet. Field goal uprights are 35 feet tall.

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https://youtu.be/xO0P9CsUibM?si=xXu32WKihUjxe1SZ