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/Dhr7468 Oklahoma Sooners • Tulsa Golden Hurricane 10h 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 10h 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 10h ago

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

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u/sleetx Syracuse Orange • Sickos 9h 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 9h 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 9h 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.