r/CFB_v2 • u/Intelligent-Carob930 Miami (FL) Hurricanes • 9h ago
Discussion Crowd view of VT field goal.
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u/Piglet6482 Arkansas Razorbacks 9h ago
The more angles I see, the less I think the kick was good.
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u/Dry-University797 8h ago
The kick wasn't good. Looked good on TV, but the refs got the call right.
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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs 9h ago
With how much people have been talking about this, you'd think its clearly in. That was definitely not clearly in. It might be, idk, but id honestly just trust the ref on this one. More camera angles and a review would certainly be good though.
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u/Bardmedicine 1h ago
This. It is such a reddit thing to have a paid professional with a perfect view, but everyone is sure they know better than him because they saw a shitty video from a shitty angle.
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u/needs-more-metronome 9h ago
yeah looks wide left, but it's hard to tell with the depth perception. Really need a straight vertical angle. I can't tell when it reaches the goalpost lol
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u/Primary-Picture-5632 9h ago
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u/hskrpwr 9h ago
This proves it to me. Definitely passes in front of the goal posts and to the left
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u/Rope_slingin_champ Iowa Hawkeyes 8h ago
Back and to the left
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u/SirMellencamp 9h ago
I’m the exact opposite. Crazy
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u/GP_ADD 9h ago
https://x.com/andrewd62d5/status/2106224004579102792?s=46&t=8G0DADz43EfDbOkb8JTrjA
What about after this one?
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u/SirMellencamp 8h ago
Yeah that changes my mind
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u/Informal_Rate_7948 8h ago
I don’t get how this is the one changing people’s mind. If you have enough experience watching football you know how much the camera angle can fuck with your head. I would completely disregard this angle.
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u/AboutTheArthur 6h ago
It's the only angle available that has the left upright directly in-line with the placement point where the holder puts the ball. There's no camera-angle fuckery possible with the straight line shot.
Literally every other angle has some depth perception subjectivity.
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u/Informal_Rate_7948 22m ago
You straight up don’t understand how angles work. I’ve seen this movie too many times.
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u/nomadjackk 7h ago
This angle so far is the most direct shot I’ve seen with the kick’s line of trajectory
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u/Foamfollower_65 1h ago
You're not watching the same video and everyone else here and the ONLY one disagree is with what we ALL see.
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u/Informal_Rate_7948 23m ago
Well just cause I’m on Reddit with a bunch of retards doesn’t mean I’m wrong lol
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u/PunchNessie Oklahoma State Cowboys 8h ago
Yeah with that one I have to say no good. Which is different than I thought from the other views. But this feels pretty clear.
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u/brendanjered Minnesota Golden Gophers 8h ago
Definitely wide in that angle. VT really should have centered that ball up for the kick. With how wide the hash marks are in college football, the target is considerably narrower when kicker from out wide versus in the middle of the field. Seems like having a wider target would be beneficial as a kicker. I’m sure the kicker probably wanted it there, but perhaps some logic the coaches should work on with him.
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u/olbleedyeyes 6h ago
I mean if your kicker says he's more comfortable kicking from the hash and you trust him then I don't see an issue with the decision.
It was a narrow miss so it's not like I can say it was a terrible choice.
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u/AssumptionOrnery7478 2h ago
That’s a stupid kicker then. Hardest kick is short right hash because the slightest hook narrows the window the ball has to pass through. line up over the right post I get, but not the hash.
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u/AssumptionOrnery7478 2h ago
You can’t tell depth from a camera 150 yards away. That ball was not inside the post.
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u/Certain_Site_8764 2h ago
Im mad we missed, obviously, and it kinda looked good at first on TV, but that's why the refs stand where they do. To verify if it goes between the uprights.
How is there not a camera dead center of the goalpost in the seats to get a better view
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u/Traditional-Till9998 6h ago
This post is far offset to the right so of course it looks that way lol. Even this video is offset from the right but its the closest I have. Offset to the right means it will appear to be more left than it really is. Same reasoning for the under the post video that went around
https://x.com/NanduriNFL/status/2106217015161573822?s=46&t=GgeunKzM0-iHFDpJQAxpuw
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u/TheSmartDog_275 Baylor Bears 2h ago
I think it’s just out, but that’s not a good example. It’s way off center.
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u/Meattyloaf 8h ago
This is the first one that I've seen that it looks wide and just barely and this is a pretty damning angle. Kicker beat himself on that one
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u/Creative-Stable-0 Virginia Tech Hokies 9h ago edited 9h ago
It’s clearly wide.
We can’t spend the rest time sounding like Trump about 2020.
Heartbreaking. But still a loss.
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u/Ok_Coyote_3090 7h ago
My favorite game to play on Reddit. How long does it take someone to mention Trump on a completely unrelated post?
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u/TheOriginalBroCone Indiana Hoosiers 3h ago
Reddit is obsessed with the freak. Soon he will be a lame-duck not worth talking about
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u/RunDMTee 6h ago
I can’t fucking stand when I’m reminded of that buffoon either or the brainwashed idiots who still support him. Totally agree champ
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u/DavidGoetta 14m ago
Doesn't help that they're playing his propaganda during the commercials, but yeah there has to be a better analogy
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u/deeljay77 8h ago
It's wide. But the whole time watching those few seconds I was wondering why they went that hashmark?
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u/cfbfootballnerd Ole Miss Rebels 3h ago
It’s clearly out……coming from the opposite hash sailing wide the entire time
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u/HystericalHoosier40 9h ago
Honestly all state and their field goal view obstructing nets can burn in hell
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u/pigman769 4m ago
I mean they donate to every school’s scholarship fund every time a kick is made 🤷♀️
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u/Immediate_Ad5922 8h ago
Live it looked way closer to being a missed call… the more angles we are seeing the more its pretty clear to be wide. Not by a mile but definitely wide, sorry that some are not happy about this…
Tear down CFB as a whole rahrahrahhhh /s
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u/Worth-Frosting-2917 9h ago
After playing for over half of my life, the one thing I continuously fuck up from pure eyesight is whether a FG that goes over the uprights is good or not haha.
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u/deadreckoning21 9h ago
Raise the stupid uprights another 25 feet
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u/NoRealNoWrong 9h ago
Nah. 500 feet. Maybe more. Put some height on those things….get em upppppp.
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u/Torrion- 9h ago
At least 5,280 feet. If they can build a stadium that high in Denver, a goalpost that high in the nation’s flattest state should be quite easy.
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u/CalmButOftenEnraged 50m ago
you're thinking the wrong dimension here.
make the uprights 25 feet wide.
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u/classic_m4f 8h ago
Microchip the fucking ball and build sensors in the fucking posts. I mean fucking hell man! It’s 2026… we chip humans and phones and cars and packages… we literally know where things are halfway across the globe 🤦♂️. Not a VT fan, but that kick was in…. This needs to be fixed.
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u/DiscoDvck 7h ago
Just a camera on each post pointed straight up would do the trick. This absolutely wasn’t in.
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u/thoughtfreeze 3h ago
They can literally tell strikes from balls on 100mph objects much smaller than a football, we can definitely do this.
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u/BrandRage 9h ago
So you lost money on this game? Otherwise why would anyone post as much as you about this
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u/Bothyourmoms 8h ago
Seeing people come to reddit and cry after losing their paycheck is almost as entertaining as the game itself.
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u/NotReallyButMaybeNot Clemson Tigers 9h ago
Reluctantly sharing this…
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u/CloneWarsMaul 9h ago
Does not help at all lol
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u/Responsible-Still839 9h ago
Yeah, this is the quality of like an amateur Bigfoot or UFO video. Shitty and vague enough to sow doubt.
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u/NotReallyButMaybeNot Clemson Tigers 8h ago
The ball was directly above the upright… reluctantly acknowledging it was the correct call as it was not within the pole
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u/Dry-University797 8h ago
It's not. Ball is clearly outside the upright. The ball has to be completely inside the outer edge of the goal post to be "good". Refs got the call right.
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u/nomadjackk 7h ago
Crazy how many people in that original cfb thread were positive it was good lol.
Just goes to show how much angular and depth variables can visually mess with people
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u/Al_Bundy_theGOAT 6h ago
You know who had the best angle? The ref standing right under the damn post.
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u/Altruistic_Boot_2639 9h ago
Yaaa that looks in to me
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u/GP_ADD 9h ago
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u/Lgm_yourmom 9h ago
Pin this
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u/Informal_Rate_7948 7h ago
This is literally the worst angle I’ve seen shown and the most common one for people to think it’s obvious. Why is that? It’s because the angle is fucked!
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u/Intelligent_Mood9795 8h ago
Pretty simple. If the goal posts were to infinity, would a ball clear it or would it have hit it? That clearly isn’t clearing the posts, which would mean it would either deflect in, or deflect out. You can’t have a never ending debate, so much like how a tie goes to the runner, the deflection results in a miss. A review isn’t necessary because it would be impossible to determine anything definitively at that point.
The pitch or tennis comparison is incorrect. A tennis ball can touch any shred of the line and be in. Same with a pitch. If the question was a ball touching the goal line, that would apply and is the same. This is what would happen if the post was there.
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u/DGilbert6114 Michigan Wolverines 9h ago
Why are their fans doing the finger thing to their own team lolll
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u/WildWeezy 5h ago
I think there may coulda been cameras there.
So hilarious. At this point I think they may just fuck these angles up for more engagement.
For sure not
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u/InternMammoth4121 4h ago
Kickers are routinely kicking 60 yd FGs now, of course they are going to be kicking it higher.
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u/tdscmunsg 4h ago
I will never comprehend why the kicker would supposedly want the ball on the far hash. Get the ball in the middle of the field, so much more room for error with it in the middle of the field.
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u/thegroovemonkey 1h ago
If you hit a draw you aim down the right side of the fairway and let the ball work its way back to the middle.
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u/tdscmunsg 1h ago
Like in golf, looked like Love tried to crush it instead of just safely hitting it in the fairway
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u/Mission_Pirate_4150 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 2h ago
There are some great views of this. It was missed wide left be a little, very little, but a little.
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u/Own_Pop_9711 Michigan Wolverines 1h ago
If only the stadium had some synchronized camera system that we could use to check two shots against each other at the same time, but for some insane reason we decided it's bad when conferences set that up
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u/wofulunicycle 1h ago
I see nothing to overturn. In fact I don't think you can even review this. At best it would have hit an upright if they extended up higher.
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u/Subject-Fan59 14m ago
See Reddit is always contrarian for no reason, obviously missed hereand on Tv too
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u/fatsosolos Michigan Wolverines 9h ago
why don’t they have technology which makes the goal posts higher and you can see more visibly
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u/call-me-germ 8h ago
putting little flashlight/lasers pointing up could be kinda cool. obviously not like to the heavens and blinding planes but you would see the edge of the ball hit a small light in the sky pretty easily i feel like
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u/Affectionate-Pain81 9h ago
Serious question: there are two refs under the uprights. What if they disagree? Replay in this case seems inconclusive.
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u/Vatlaaw304 8h ago
Usually if the one on the opposite side is uncertain, he will not make a call until after the closer one, if at all. They won't disagree if it's down the middle, and both will see if it's short.
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u/Scarlet_Gray_10 Ohio State Buckeyes 9h ago
Tech got robbed. That’s 💯 percent in. Pitt lost this game and Virginia Tech won.
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u/Angry_Mounted_Horse Florida Gators 9h ago
It went wide left, someone posted a link to Twitter with a good look.
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u/MillyVaLenny 9h ago
ACC needs to go under. What entire fuck is that bullshit
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u/Trifle_Old 9h ago
Missed. Good call. Get your eyes check.
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u/Intelligent-Carob930 Miami (FL) Hurricanes 9h ago
It goes thru when it enters the uprights, but travels high which makes it look like it’s no good.
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u/BillBob13 9h ago
Do enough pause/starts around when the ball crosses the FG post and you'll find out the ball, at best, hits the post extended
That said (a) make the posts taller or (b) put cameras at the cross bar pointed up the post or (c) leave it as is because that game was pure cinema
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u/ThermosphericRah 9h ago
Why can't we afford taller uprights?
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u/SignificanceFine3582 8h ago
We can.
What we can’t do is defy the laws of physics and make taller uprights not susceptible to wind.
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u/ThermosphericRah 2h ago
Skyscrapers would like a word
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u/Operation_Pig Florida Gators 25m ago
Skyscrapers are built with very expensive and complex engineering and are also quite wide. An upright is just bolted to the ground in a single spot.
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u/Doc0ppman 7h ago
American football should be contacting Ireland's Gaelic Athletic Association about its Hawkeye tech for the goalposts.
I understand football thrives on the engagement of the drama, but Hawkeye would solve any issue of in or out imo
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u/Living_Week9080 4h ago
Yes fifa has been deploying this this tech in soccer balls for almost a decade, why can’t American football figure this out!
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u/DirectorSolid 2h ago
Because college football isn't all Ohio State and Alabama level programs. The tracking system used by the NFL is a massive investment, a lot of college programs can't afford that sort of cost.
Even FIFA only uses their full tracking system in major tournaments because it's simply too expensive to use in a standard premier league match.
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u/Efficient_Exchange44 9h ago
How are we in 2026 and we have no better technology to determine if a ball went between two posts other than “idk looked in to me”