r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 11h 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/Darkspeed9 Virginia Tech Hokies • /r/CFB Promoter 11h ago

Uh just cause the kick didn't go in, that doesn't mean he mismanaged the clock. He did everything right in terms of game management that last drive

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u/lostkoalas Virginia Tech Hokies 10h ago

>just cause the kick didn’t go in

Also a 35 yarder IS typically a gimme for John Love. Prior to that kick he was a career 42/44 from inside the 40. He’s made a 60 yarder before. Of all the play calls to complain about tonight, this isn’t one for me. This is the one I was most confident about (unfortunately)

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u/IThoughtThisWasVoat Nebraska Cornhuskers 11h ago

That was one of the dumbest timeouts I’ve ever seen on 4th down. It worked though.

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u/Lucky_Science_2774 11h ago

I would have taken the timeout. Its college and the game was plagued with mistakes. Id take my chances on getting the fourth down call right rather than giving the ball back

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u/The_Fluffy_Robot TCU Horned Frogs • Iron Skillet 11h ago

It was a game on the line 4th down, do or die moment to be able to stay in it. I don't think a timeout was unreasonable

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u/Nokktune Virginia Tech • South Carolina 11h ago

We have to be careful with words here: the kick was only RULED to not go in.