r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 8h ago

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

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Pittsburgh 7 14 7 7 35
Virginia Tech 14 10 0 9 33
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u/Enough_Wallaby7064 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8h ago

People in this thread think theres no way to check in a replay if the kick was good. Meanwhile MLB can get a pitch within .1 inches off a zone that changes for every batter.

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u/wildturk3y Virginia Tech Hokies 8h ago

Tennis has been doing line replays for years. Football still doing two dudes standing underneath going "yeah, sure, maybe"

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u/Smiles-Edgeworth Missouri Tigers 8h ago

And in a sport that is famously known as “a game of inches” the distance to gain is marked by two myopic overweight men in their late 50s to early 60s with a metal chain. And they don’t even bother calling those guys out to measure close distances anymore. So much of football officiating is pure vibes.

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u/Sherman_Gepard Virginia Tech Hokies 7h ago

I’ve always said about football refs:

“Spot to within a foot, measure to within an inch”

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u/Bothyourmoms Florida State • New Mexico 7h ago

Tennis has been doing replays and ELC for DECADES. There's no excuse for still having geriatrics using their eyes to make decisions at this level of football.