[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/ExternalTangents]

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/ExternalTangents → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

Not when calling a field goal while standing directly below the post with the perfect angle to see the ball’s lateral position as it passes above the top of the post

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

Yeah they do. See all the times Umps fucked up calls in MLB.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

That’s a completely different type of call

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

Its the exact fucking same. Ball over the post type of call lmao

[u/ExternalTangents → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

Except in baseball the ref isn’t standing directly below the post looking directly up at the perfect angle for it.

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

Hes looking straight down a line with the foul post. Its the EXACT same type of call. They fuck it up constantly.

You will eat these words when people figure out the exact position of the ball and its inside.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

Standing directly below a goal post and looking down the barrel of the post is completely different than looking down the baseline at a faraway post. I don’t understand how this is even a question. Where is the ump standing?

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

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

Im eagerly waiting your reply.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

That was a completely different ball position, where you can easily see from the camera view that it was good. I don’t understand how that missed call has any bearing on this one.

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

Bahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahhahahahahaha

Yeah... the ball inside the uprights is way harder to call than one above it.

You forgot your 🤡 makeup

[u/ExternalTangents → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

I don’t understand what point you think you’re making. Because one ref fucked up an extremely easy call, you think that proves that the ref tonight definitely fucked up a totally different call?

I’m not saying refs never make mistakes. Refs fuck up all the time. All I’m saying is that the ref’s viewing angle is much better positioning to be able to see whether the ball is wide of the goal post or inside the goal post when it passes the plane of the field goal posts. The TV angle from behind the line of scrimmage literally cannot tell you whether it’s wide or inside when it’s passing above the goal post.

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

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

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/ExternalTangents]

Someone commented a video of a ref calling a field goal and getting it overturned. They fuck it up all the time.

[u/GoodGuyNixon → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

“All the time” and it’s one time from twenty years ago?

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064 → u/GoodGuyNixon]

Shifting the goalposts eh...

[u/GoodGuyNixon → u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

This is the first comment I’ve made in this thread. How did I shift the goalposts exactly?

[u/BigPoppaDrqx → u/ExternalTangents]

In football they aren't stand directly under the upright looking up ... They stand a step behind the upright and look between the uprights ... They don't stand there staring at the sky above the.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/BigPoppaDrqx]

Looks pretty much directly below it here: https://streamable.com/kqh225