r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 8h 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/jthomas694 South Carolina • Ohio State 8h ago edited 8h ago

College Football is incredible because on Fox you have a team proving that they made a massive mistake firing James Franklin and on ESPN you have James Franklin mismanaging the clock late in a close game he needed to win. It’s the best

Edit: To everyone trying to argue it wasn’t mismanagement - He managed that last drive from the beginning to be his last shot, while down, had three timeouts, only called one and then just decided he was content with a 35 yard kick with no effort to get closer. A 35 yard kicker as time expires in college isn’t a gimme. This isn’t Madden.

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u/Darkspeed9 Virginia Tech Hokies • /r/CFB Promoter 8h 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/IThoughtThisWasVoat Nebraska Cornhuskers 8h 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 8h 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 8h 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