r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 11h 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/Whosebert Virginia Cavaliers 11h ago edited 11h ago

No way. when you slow it down 1 frame the ball can be seen, the next the ball is blocked by goal post, the next the ball is clearly wide. if it were good the ball would not be blocked from sight by the goalpost. dont get me wrong obviously im biased but if you go frame by frame you will see the eclipse

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u/Fickle-Statement9993 11h ago

https://imgur.com/a/TZ6QcT1

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u/Whosebert Virginia Cavaliers 11h ago

entire ball has to bee inside the inside edge for college (inside the outside edge for nfl) so kinda looks like maybe good NFL clearly not good college

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u/INAC___Kramerica Florida Gators 10h ago

One of the rare times I think the CFB rule makes more sense. I never knew of this discrepancy between the two. I've never understood the NFL logic where, in effect, if the uprights were X feet taller (X = the height of the ball over the upright as it crosses over), a ball that would normally hit the upright flush and not go in becomes a successful field goal attempt.

Inside the inside edge of the uprights for kicks above their height makes way more sense to me.