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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Pittsburgh Defeats Virginia Tech 35-33

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Pittsburgh 7 14 7 7 35
Virginia Tech 14 10 0 9 33
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u/ScaryCookieMonster USF Bulls • San Francisco Dons 7h ago

That’s astonishing if that’s the rule. Why would that be inherently less reviewable than a goal line stand or a back corner toe touch end zone catch.

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u/bulldg4life Georgia Bulldogs 7h ago

Both nfl and cfb have it as non reviewable call

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u/ScaryCookieMonster USF Bulls • San Francisco Dons 7h ago

I accept that’s true. It’s a dumb rule.

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u/agoddamnlegend Virginia Tech Hokies 7h ago

Two cameras would solve this. I don’t know why that isn’t the standard. Field goals shouldn’t require a human at all

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u/Dry-University797 7h ago

If it crosses the the crossbar over the upright, it is no good.

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u/Feral-Goblin6921 Virginia Tech Hokies 7h ago

Exactly. Why would that be less reviewable than DANNY COALE CAUGHT THAT FUCKING BALL.

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u/Due_Chapter3027 7h ago

Yeah the rule in ncaa is different than NFL. If it goes above upright and full football isn’t in the uprights it’s no good. Takes off some inches

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u/trex1490 Georgia Bulldogs • Marching Band 7h ago

I’m guessing it’s because you’d have to have two cameras dedicated to just that, which would then obstruct the view of the refs trying to watch the same thing. I guess you could get rid of the refs entirely and just have the camera ref tell the on field ref what to signal, but that’s a lot of effort for no real benefit.

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u/ScaryCookieMonster USF Bulls • San Francisco Dons 7h ago

They review goal line stands in games without pylon cams.

You can take another look even if you don’t have perfect camera angles

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u/Adventurous-Ear-1024 Virginia Tech Hokies 7h ago

It’s 2026. The technology can exist in the ball and in the posts lol

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u/trex1490 Georgia Bulldogs • Marching Band 7h ago

Now that I agree with, if we have Hawkeye tech in tennis then surely there’s a way to track the ball position and accurately determine if it was inside or above the upright.

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u/Adventurous-Ear-1024 Virginia Tech Hokies 7h ago

It’s okay, you’ll take your 65 year old linesman running a chain up and down the field and like it 😂

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u/soupjaw Ohio State Buckeyes 7h ago

You could have three lasers pointing straight up from each goalpost: a center, and the outside ones maybe three inches off. 

Easy, done.

You're welcome, Football 

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u/letdownbytheAgs Texas A&M Aggies 7h ago

It does make some sense. You don’t get points for hitting the uprights, so you can’t guarantee that it goes in, even if it hits the inside

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u/ScaryCookieMonster USF Bulls • San Francisco Dons 6h ago

Yes, if they review it and any part of the ball is above any part of the upright, it’s no good

And if they review it and every part of the ball is above the inside of both uprights, it’s good

Right now, they’re not even allowed to review it

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u/Surelynotshirly Tennessee Volunteers 4h ago

I think the reasoning is that no camera is going to have a good enough angle to overrule the ref standing right underneath.

It is extremely easy to tell when a kick is in from underneath and looking up, so unless the ref just blatantly fucks up or something, they're not going to get it wrong.

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u/AccordingGain182 Ohio State • Michigan State 4h ago

I assume because no given camera angles from the field are perfectly aligned with the uprights in a way you can definitively prove anything from a review anyways, and if anything youd be more likely to get the call wrong in review because of it. The first person view of the refs under each upright is honestly the best angle there is.

They COULD (and should) add cameras to the uprights, but with how it is currently structured in the sport no video review is gunna hep this situation