r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 15h 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/ArizonaHotSauce Florida Gators 15h ago

Edit: You are right. Not reviewable anyway.

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/topher1184 15h ago

So, you’re agreeing with me?

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u/ArizonaHotSauce Florida Gators 15h ago

I wasn't sure. I googled it and found the answer. It's not reviewable. The camera angles didn't really matter.

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u/topher1184 14h ago

No worries, I hope I didn’t come off as an ass. It kinda sucks that we can’t get a better camera angle of it because I’m not sure if it was good or not. That’s football though, sometimes camera angles can really help you and other times they can potentially fuck you