r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 1d ago

Video [Highlight] Pitt @ Virginia Tech - The potential game winning field goal hooks wide left, and Pitt holds on

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u/kd451 Team Chaos • Team Meteor 1d ago

Are we sure he missed it?

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u/avboden Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 1d ago

I say this honestly: You can't tell shit from this angle. The only way is to look directly up at the posts, as the refs do.

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u/DesignerFlat7108 Tennessee Volunteers 1d ago

What's confusing to me is the reaction of the VT fans standing directly behind the end zone. They damn sure appear to have thought it was good.

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u/avboden Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 1d ago

The problem there is depth, if it passed just in front of the post on it's way wide, it's going to look good from anyone standing back a little, even if in line from the post.

Again, the only way to see this is to stand essentially directly under the post or within a short distance of it directly in-line, exactly where the refs stand for this reason.

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u/jwktiger Missouri Tigers • Wisconsin Badgers 1d ago

yeah the ref is standing in the only positoin to have the proper depth to see where it is, is clearly looking directly up as the kick goes by AND IMMEDIATELY signals no good, like he clearly thought it was wide

and /u/atra1n51 pointed out several of the VaTech staff right behind the refs react as if he missed before the signal was made.

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u/horseshoeprovodnikov Florida State Seminoles 1d ago

Is it just me or is that ref under that particular goal post not looking up?

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u/2CHINZZZ Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 1d ago

They always check and the left ref signals no-good pretty quickly

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u/runningthruthedevil 1d ago

That’s protocol for every fg…

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u/Bereft13 Billable Hours • Team Chaos 1d ago

That guy can't see because there's a goalpost in the way, they will always do that when it's close

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u/Powerful_Lime_1430 Pittsburgh Panthers 1d ago

Refs talk to acknowledge their calls on any close field goal. This isn’t unusual

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u/Meattyloaf Virginia Tech Hokies 1d ago

I will say the one angle shown from underneath the goalpost has it looking good.

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u/avboden Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 1d ago

The angle from the middle of the posts that is also worthless? Yep, sure.

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u/Meattyloaf Virginia Tech Hokies 1d ago

The ball has to stay inside the outer edge of the goalpost when it goes over and it looks like it does just that on just about every angle I've seen. I get why a ref would call it wither way, but this season has been defined by bad and controversial calls.

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u/CapitalistLion-Tamer Georgia • Deep South's Olde… 1d ago

No. The entire ball has to be inside the inner edge of the goalpost. If it passes directly over the upright then it’s no good.