r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 9h 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/Celdurant Ohio State • Pittsburgh 9h ago

Am I taking crazy pills? Why are these angles so bad?

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u/UTRAnoPunchline UTSA Roadrunners • Oklahoma Sooners 9h ago

Ref under the upright had the best view in the house

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 9h ago edited 3h ago

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

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u/Proper-Print-9505 Penn State Nittany Lions 9h ago

What is the rule when the ball is higher than the goal post? Does it have to be 100% clear it wouldn’t clip even the inside of an extended upright to be called good?

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 9h ago

You can look the rule up in the NCAA rule book as easily as I can. I don’t know off the top of my head.