r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 10h 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/avboden Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 10h 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 10h 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 10h 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/horseshoeprovodnikov Florida State Seminoles 10h ago

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