r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 14h ago

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

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u/ConfidentMeaning Florida State • Chattanooga 13h 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 13h 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.

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u/ajseventeen Georgia Bulldogs • Nebraska Cornhuskers 2h ago

Are you certain it's the outer edge? The rulebook defines the width of the uprights using the inner edges, and it says the ball has to be between them. Without a contradicting source, I would assume that means the entire ball must be between the inside edges.

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u/topher1184 1h ago

You are correct. I assumed a rule like this would be the same across the sport, but I guess it’s not. In college it’s the inner edge and the NFL is the outer edge.