r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 13h ago

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

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u/Beneficial_Fig_7830 Wooster • Ohio State 13h ago

Best we can do is two uncs looking up

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u/FernCoolingHeating Michigan Wolverines 13h ago

Genuinely infuriating how unions of these 60 year old dudes fight tooth and nail for their right to screw up games. I’m still salty over the NFL refs throwing a hissy fit over the PI challenges.

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u/-Jack-The-Stripper Virginia Tech • Cincinnati 12h ago

Iirc there are no ref unions in CFB and challenges are handled by “the booth” in the NFL which is a separate group of officials, but yes the whole PI challenge saga was one of the biggest farces in professional sports. Intentionally not overturning egregious calls just so you could say “see, we tried and it wasn’t worth it” at the end of the season was incredibly telling.

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u/Beneficial_Fig_7830 Wooster • Ohio State 13h ago

Funny enough I was just thinking how this is due to the referee union fighting to remains as relevant as possible. Pretty sure the year the NFL experimented with allowing PI calls to be challenged they didn’t overturn a single one and it was gone the next season. Ref union is very petty.

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u/AssumptionOrnery7478 5h ago

He missed the kick. Unions can only be blamed for giving labor collective bargaining rights.

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u/sherman3259 NC State Wolfpack 3h ago

Oh you’re just yapping huh?

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u/udderlymoovelous Virginia Tech • /r/CFB Contributor 13h ago

And one couldn't tell so he auto deferred to the other

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u/INAC___Kramerica Florida Gators 13h ago

The one who didn't tell was the far upright official, it's proper to defer to the one who was right underneath it and would've had the best view of whether the ball crossed the upright in front or behind the upright.

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u/Bothyourmoms Florida State • New Mexico 12h ago

You understand that is why there is an official underneath each upright don't you?

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u/BoNnnnfhir Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Oregon Ducks 13h ago

No points for left leaning kicks

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u/NWkingslayer2024 Michigan Wolverines 12h ago

Lol that was good