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Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 10:44 PM
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May be worst call all weekend. Didn’t lower His helmet. Didn’t lunge. Literally just ran into him. Bogus bs call. Unbelievable
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 10:45 PM
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Looked clean to me.
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ANd the stupid announcers saying what he did wrong....Said
Sep 22, 2018, 10:46 PM
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he should have lowered his head....THEY ARE GOING TO GET A TACKLER HURT! Chad hit him in the shoulder with his chest. WHat else can he do?
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Re: ANd the stupid announcers saying what he did wrong....Said
Sep 22, 2018, 10:51 PM
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And when he lowers his head he can’t see what he’s hitting and again puts himself at risk for targeting when leading with the crown. It seems that they only enforce this rule selectively. That was a clean hit. What was he supposed to do pull his towel out like it’s flag football or something? Besides I thought targeting only applied if you lead with the crown of the helmet. Maybe I’m wrong about the rule but that’s the way it should be written.
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Re: ANd the stupid announcers saying what he did wrong....Said
Sep 22, 2018, 11:04 PM
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Actually, it’s defined in the rule as “forceful contact above the shoulders” for the purpose of protecting players from brain & spinal injuries...which is a Good Thing.
The problem is that they leave the determination of forceful or INCIDENTAL CONTACT up to the judgement of the officials without requiring that they only penalize for purposely forceful contact and not penalize for ANY CONTACT, as they seem to be doing against us to be specific.
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It’s a well-intentioned rule ... inconsistently enforced.
Sep 23, 2018, 12:56 AM
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With the way Alabama was allowed to mug Deshaun Watson a couple of years ago, the tackle called targeting today was ridiculous. Too many times an obvious crown of the helmet, launched, spearing has been ignored while face mask taps get punished.
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Yeah like when Reuben Foster hit Watson
Sep 23, 2018, 1:13 AM
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after Minkah Fitzpatrick went for the knees and
DW went into the helicopter spin. That was the
crown of Foster's helmet hitting Watson's helmet.
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Exactly ... that’s the main one.***
Sep 23, 2018, 8:13 AM
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 10:46 PM
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Anyone notice that the announcer called Smith "the Syracuse linebacker"?
I agree with you, but officials are going to err on the side of caution when QB's are involved.
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 10:50 PM
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That’s crap too. They reviewed that play and STILL CALLED IT TARGETING.
TOTAL BS!!!
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 10:52 PM
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Exactly. They had a chance to right a wrong and didn’t do it.
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 10:56 PM
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LOL ACC refs?? Correct a wrong call against Clemson?
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 11:04 PM
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Yes. It’s pitiful how bad most of the announcers are. Dixon is Davis, our linebackers play for Syracuse, we a QB named Dexter.
I thought the horse collar call on GT’s first drive was pure fiction. I recorded the game, played it back, I still don’t see it.
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 11:05 PM
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Yeah, i already complained on the commentators thread about being called Syracuse.
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It doesn't matter when it's against the quarterback
Sep 22, 2018, 10:56 PM
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He is considered defenseless. This is why Stephone Anthony (I think) was called for targeting against SC a few years ago. Neither were dirty, but unfortunately were called correctly.
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Re: It doesn't matter when it's against the quarterback
Sep 22, 2018, 11:02 PM
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Defenseless Player
ARTICLE 14. A defenseless player is one who because of his physical position
and focus of concentration is especially vulnerable to injury. When in question,
a player is defenseless. Examples of defenseless players include but are not limited
to:
a. A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.
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Re: It doesn't matter when it's against the quarterback
Sep 23, 2018, 1:06 AM
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The call today remind me of that one and how stupid it was too. Imagine two people not paying attention and walking into each other causing their heads to knock. Now imagine a free safety lowering the boom on someone’s head crossing the middle of the field. The rule is definitely supposed the second guy as he is in danger of an injury on a needless play. But does that mean the first scenario is targeting the head and neck area just because there is head to head contact?
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By the rule it was targeting, which is the problem. There
Sep 22, 2018, 10:58 PM
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are plenty of hits in every game where the helmets come into contact due to the position of the offensive player or other circumstances but the defender is making a perfectly safe and legal tackle.
The rule doesn't allow any discretion for run-of-the-mill hits like that that aren't malicious and is completely ridiculous in its application. It should've been changed years ago.
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Paw Warrior [4609]
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^^^^^ By the rule it was targeting, which is the problem. There
Sep 22, 2018, 11:04 PM
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This exactly.
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Re: Smith targeting
Sep 22, 2018, 11:47 PM
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Won't be long until we start having to play flag football.
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Watching it live I said to my wife, he's going to be ejected
Sep 23, 2018, 1:07 AM
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for targeting before they ecen threw the flag. Hit helmet to helmrt, and its going to be called. Intent has zero to do with the rule.
While I thought it was accidental, it met the rule.
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