40 feet, not yards. 60 feet from each sideline.

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Oct 25, 2020
2:21:59pm

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40 feet, not yards. 60 feet from each sideline.

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molodyets

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Author

Time

Zach Wilson's TB pass (total yards thrown)

MrTK

10/25/20 1:44pm

More like 58. Heckuva pass, though

rggee

10/25/20 1:48pm

It was above 60

puntersarepeople

10/25/20 1:49pm

Not much, definitely not 68.

rggee

10/25/20 1:49pm

RE: Not much, definitely not 68.

puntersarepeople

10/25/20 1:50pm

Yeah I just rewatched it and that sounds about right - 50 yards downfield and 40

rggee

10/25/20 1:57pm

ESPN said it was 63.5.

puntersarepeople

10/25/20 1:48pm

The geometry is easy to compute....

LEDSFW

10/25/20 1:54pm

It isn't. It's 48 down field, and about 33 across. Comes out to 58, give or take

Pedant

10/25/20 1:58pm

There is no way of knowing exactly how far from throw to sideline

BigYfan

10/25/20 2:03pm

He was standing on the 50 when he released. Not 2 yards down field on the 48.

kalifi

10/25/20 3:11pm

Dax caught it on the 2

rggee

10/25/20 3:14pm

RE: The geometry is easy to compute....

MrTK

10/25/20 1:59pm

He threw it from the 50. Was caught at the 2, MAYBE 1

Pedant

10/25/20 2:02pm

RE: The geometry is easy to compute.... (here's the math)

MrTK

10/25/20 2:02pm

He definitely did not throw it from the 52, and it was not caught at the 0. The

Pedant

10/25/20 2:04pm

The hashes are off. They are not 6 yards, they are 20 yards. I'm guessing he saw

Pedant

10/25/20 2:14pm

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BYUFootballisBack

10/25/20 2:21pm

40 feet, not yards. 60 feet from each sideline.

molodyets

10/25/20 2:21pm

Yeah I misread the article I was reading

BYUFootballisBack

10/25/20 2:22pm

UPDATED figures!

MrTK

10/25/20 3:06pm

That's more like it. Heckuva throw!

rggee

10/25/20 3:16pm

The field is only 53 yards wide. Zach's throw only went about 40 side-to-side

rggee

10/25/20 3:15pm

RE: Zach Wilson's TB pass (total yards thrown)

thecthdox

10/25/20 2:23pm

SIMPLE algebra: “And then Satan said,

Johnny Vatos

10/25/20 2:40pm

I plotted the pass trajectory across the field at LES with the Google Earth measuring tool:

Brisco

10/25/20 3:12pm

RE: I plotted the pass trajectory across the field at LES with the Google Earth

MrTK

10/25/20 3:21pm

Smart man

South_A

10/25/20 5:36pm

I vote 59.89, the rest of you are off a bit

10/25/20 5:42pm

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