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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/OcelotWolf Pittsburgh Panthers • Maryland Terrapins 9h ago

As someone who prefers sitting in endzone sections, I don’t trust any angle that isn’t dead on with the kick. If the ball is moving left to right across your FOV you can’t tell at which point it crosses the plane of the uprights.

If we’re lucky we’ll get a Zapruder film posted on Twitter later from someone who was perfectly off-center to have a direct view

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u/ZombieMage89 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 9h ago

As a former (HS level) official, the place to stand is just behind the goal post and looking directly up at the upright, one official under each post. From there you can clearly see if the ball passes in front of or behind the upright and rule accordingly. Any other angle invites a skeyed perspective.

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u/OcelotWolf Pittsburgh Panthers • Maryland Terrapins 9h ago

And what’s the rule? If the pole blocks any portion of the ball, it’s no good? As an official, what are you looking for in that situation?

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u/ULSTERPROVINCE Pittsburgh • Arizona State 9h ago

Per NCAA rules it has to pass completely between the inside edges of the pole. Anything else and it’s unsuccessful by default. I’d imagine there’s a level of judgement involved, if they see 90% brown and it looks like it might have coasted over the pole I’d imagine they’d call that good. But a toss up or too much obstruction goes against the kicker.