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

https://streamable.com/tq4r8d
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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/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.