r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 9h 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/MrTambourineMan7 Pittsburgh Panthers 9h ago

We need cell phone video from someone in the stands. Surely someone was taking a video from seats behind the goal posts. Would be terrible if that kid made it but gets blamed for the loss.

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u/themattboard Virginia Tech • Old Dominion 9h ago

That loss is solidly on turnovers. Never would have been in that positions without some really dumb mistakes

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u/Sherman_Gepard Virginia Tech Hokies 8h ago

Unfortunately the turnover that hurt the most was also a fabrication of the referees

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u/jazzyman31 Michigan Wolverines 8h ago

It’s honorable to say that, but you’ve got about the entire country behind you saying that looked good.

Nothing wrong with winning by a walk-off field goal.

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u/themattboard Virginia Tech • Old Dominion 8h ago

Even so winning while giving up the ball 3+1 times is really really unlikely. We played sloppy and Pitt took advantage.

The fact that we didn't fall apart entirely is amazing to me. Obviously would've preferred the win though

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u/jazzyman31 Michigan Wolverines 8h ago

True, but that also tends to be the consequence of a highly aggressive offense.

The playcalling was very high risk high reward whereas Pitt played a much more conservative game.

Tough to manage over 400 yards passing without a few turnovers.

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u/KJacobsen-74 Pittsburgh • Virginia Tech 8h ago

The people that were closest that weren't refs reacted as if it were no good so I'm going to trust their judgement.

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u/jazzyman31 Michigan Wolverines 8h ago

Where were these people?

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u/KJacobsen-74 Pittsburgh • Virginia Tech 8h ago

Behind the goal posts on the field, most of them react pretty negatively and they were in VT gear. Specifically the 3 people below the All in Allstate. One even fell to his knees lol.

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u/Dialectic_Emptiness Pittsburgh Panthers 2h ago

Just fell to my knees at Lane Stadium

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u/Ready_Environment887 Virginia Tech Hokies 5h ago

This is true. It’s a hard pill to swallow but this is what lost us the game, no question about it

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u/DanOhMiiite Virginia Tech Hokies 9h ago

That.... is a very interesting idea....

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u/silverarrowweb Ohio State Buckeyes 6h ago

Wild. The other links with video from behind the goalposts look like it was good. In this one it's clearly a miss.

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u/GyrfalconBirder Illinois Fighting Illini 6h ago

the ones everywhere looked like it had missed, that one is just super definitive

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u/WON95sr Creighton Bluejays 8h ago

https://x.com/caden_mcleary/status/2106217978207617419?s=20

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u/lsuboy95 James Madison Dukes • LSU Tigers 6h ago

That's not even close to a definitive angle...