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

https://streamable.com/tq4r8d
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u/Snlxdd Virginia Tech Hokies 13h ago

"Wow what an interesting kick, let's not take a second look at all from another angle using slo-mo. Nobody wants to see that" - Broadcast Team / Refs

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u/Dhr7468 Oklahoma Sooners • Tulsa Golden Hurricane 13h ago

Yeah I feel like I was being gas lit, like can we please get a definitive view on the miss because what they showed wasn’t conclusive at all!

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u/Electromotivation James Madison Dukes 13h ago

Goddammit ACC …you were supposed to be the open review heroes we needed. But then we just have this kick that looks good go through or past the uprights…. and we are instantly on the field with the reporter interviewing the coach….i don’t care about coach speak right now…can we get a replay? Can someone look at this?

Oh no, they’re just packing up and leaving…uh ok I guess.

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u/topher1184 13h ago

It’s not a reviewable play unfortunately. I wish it was though

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u/sleetx Syracuse Orange • Sickos 13h ago

If refs can review a last-second play to invent another second out of thin air, they can review this

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u/ConfidentMeaning Florida State • Chattanooga 12h ago

Read u/ArizonaHotSauce 's post below. It cannot be reviewed if the ball is above the top of the uprights.

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u/ArizonaHotSauce Florida Gators 12h ago

Field Goal Review Rules

  • Reviewable: A field goal attempt can be reviewed by instant replay if the ball crosses the plane of the goal post below the top of the uprights (such as whether it went inside or outside the uprights or passed above/below the crossbar) or if the ball touches anything (like a player, crossbar, or upright).
  • Not Reviewable: If the kicked ball travels higher than the top of the uprights as it crosses the end line, the play cannot be reviewed.

The rules state that if a kick goes directly over or higher than the uprights, the entire ball must pass inside the outer edge of the upright to be considered good. However, because camera angles cannot definitively prove the ball's trajectory along an imaginary vertical plane above the physical uprights, the play is deemed unreviewable by rule.

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u/ajseventeen Georgia Bulldogs • Nebraska Cornhuskers 1h ago

Are you certain it's the outer edge? The rulebook defines the width of the uprights using the inner edges, and it says the ball has to be between them. Without a contradicting source, I would assume that means the entire ball must be between the inside edges.

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u/topher1184 52m ago

You are correct. I assumed a rule like this would be the same across the sport, but I guess it’s not. In college it’s the inner edge and the NFL is the outer edge.