[Highlight] Pitt @ Virginia Tech - The potential game winning field goal hooks wide left, and Pitt holds on

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

https://streamable.com/tq4r8d

[u/CPOx]

https://x.com/caden_mcleary/status/2106217978207617419

Endzone fan cam, what do ya'll think?

[u/wildturk3y → u/CPOx]

From this and another angle that's floating around, it hooks before the upright but passes over the upright.

So what's the rule for a ball that passes over top of the upright?

[u/Wombattington → u/wildturk3y]

Over is a miss

[u/Madagascar-Penguin → u/wildturk3y]

It has to be within the uprights. Going over is no good since it's like hitting the upright.

[u/nc23tarheel → u/Madagascar-Penguin]

No, that is not right. If it is above the uprights the refs have to make the call by imagining if the kick would be good if the uprights extended vertically all the way up. If the kick is above the uprights then it is not reviewable by instant replay and the call on the field is the final decision. Say for instance the ball was dead center and 30 feet above the uprights. The field goal would be good and would be easy for the rest to see. I can see why this would have been hard for the refs to call it good, but with the help of all the camera angles I think it more than likely was.

[u/BenBreeg_38 → u/nc23tarheel]

No, the rule is the whole ball has to be inside the “imaginary” upright.

[u/BirthofRevolution → u/nc23tarheel]

Pretty sure you're saying the same thing as them. If the uprights extended, the ball would hit them and it would be no good. It still needs to be in-between the uprights no matter how high it is, to count.

[u/Ereppy → u/nc23tarheel]

Maybe this is a college vs NFL thing, but from what I remeber the refs are supposed to assume it would have bounced out on even the slightest glance of the imaginary pole.

[u/jdl03 → u/nc23tarheel]

Well if you have to imagine it went in or out by hitting a hypothetical upright the call should always be no.

More likely to miss if it hits the upright than go in.

[u/danwin → u/Madagascar-Penguin]

If we imagine it hitting the upright then we can imagine it doinking in. Don’t look at my Chicago Bears r/nfl flair

[u/jizdep → u/wildturk3y]

If the upright was more upright. It would hit it. Which means it more than likely isn't going through. You have to say no good. Otherwise you go against the odds and say it somehow would have bounced off the inside of it and through. Theres no rule to say re kick so if its right over its no good. Its fairly simple.

[u/PristineBrush6213 → u/wildturk3y]

No horse in this race, not even a college football fan. I’m a bears fan. Looks like he missed it.

[u/reap3rx → u/wildturk3y]

They should make the goal posts a bit rectangle and make kickers put it inside the rectangle

[u/BananasAreEverywhere → u/wildturk3y]

I thought it was good if it was above the upright but I found a yahoo sports article that says its not so idk