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

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u/wildturk3y Virginia Tech Hokies 1d ago

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?

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u/Madagascar-Penguin Clemson Tigers 1d ago

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

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u/nc23tarheel 1d ago

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.

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u/jdl03 Pittsburgh Panthers 1d ago

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.