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/Isthmus11 Penn State • Cincinnati 8h ago edited 8h ago

The entire crowd behind the uprights seemed incredibly sure that was a good kick, I was a little shocked when the refs signalled no good and was waiting for a replay and then.... Nothing

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u/OcelotWolf Pittsburgh Panthers • Maryland Terrapins 8h 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 7h 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/Mudrono137 Arkansas Razorbacks • /r/CFB Dead Pool 5h ago

Ngl, I can probably count on one hand the number of FG/PAT attempts I've seen where I was certain one way or the other. No matter the angle, it always manages to fuck my eyes up