Oct. 2, 2026Up to date Oct. 3, 2026, 10:30 a.m. ET
Virginia Tech kicker John Love missed a possible game-winning 36-yard discipline objective Friday night time in opposition to Pitt.
Or did he?
Love appeared to assume he made it. So did the Hokies followers behind the tip zone. However the officers dominated it no good, and Pitt escaped Blacksburg with a 35-33 win in a battle of ACC unbeatens that may undoubtedly land the Panthers in subsequent week’s US LBM Coaches Ballot (or Pat Narduzzi is coming for you).
Again to the kick.
There was no conclusive angle proven on the ESPN broadcast from beneath the uprights to indicate if the ball sneaked contained in the left upright.
What James Franklin mentioned about missed Virginia Tech discipline objective
In his postgame information convention James Franklin instructed reporters he was not sure if the kick was good or not.
“To be sincere with you, from my angle, I do not know,” Franklin mentioned. “I feel John Love is the perfect kicker within the nation. I had a lot confidence that that factor was going to undergo. From my angle, I could not inform you a technique or one other… The top of the day, they mentioned it did not undergo so every little thing else, does not actually matter an entire lot”
After the on-field choice, Franklin embraced his kicker and instructed him he liked him.
“He broke us down within the locker room. I obtained John’s again. So do all of his teammates,” Franklin mentioned. “And once more that was one play. There have been 20 different performs in that sport that basically wouldn’t have gotten to that time. So, I really like him. Received a ton of confidence in him. And I’d put him again on the market for a similar scenario each single time.”
Can missed discipline objectives be reviewed on immediate replay?
Per the NCAA rule ebook, reviewable scoring performs embody: “discipline objective makes an attempt if and provided that the ball is dominated (a) beneath or above the crossbar or (b) inside or outdoors the upright when it’s decrease than the highest of the uprights. If the ball is greater than the highest of the uprights because it crosses the tip line, the play is probably not reviewed.”
Former NFL referee Terry McAulay, who served as Large East and American Convention head of officiating, posted on X following the sport: “There’s actually no digicam angle that definitively tells us the place the ball is the second it reaches the airplane of the uprights. That’s why this has by no means been reviewable.
“That being mentioned, the individual with the perfect angle who’s standing underneath the upright and the individual standing behind him with the second finest angle inform me all the ball didn’t go between the uprights prolonged.”
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