Re: Objective Coot

Congrats on the win today. Have been a lifelong SC fan, but as a high school football coach in this state that has sent a couple young men to CU and they could not be at a better institution for those young men.
Clemson and their staff do it the right way. My take on several things I read on here.
1. Dabo is a great head coach- Clemson is lucky to have him. I do believe Spurrier is one of the all-time best and both have built programs the right way.
2. Clemson could play with anybody in the country and would be an sec contender, but year in and year out the SEC is more dominant top to bottom.
3. Clemson will lose some assistant coaches because they have done a good job. Dabo will replace with good men who fit.
4. I believe the future is bright for Clemson, but everything has to fall into place. If this years defense was with last years offense we are talking about a dominant team. Next year the team will have skill players better than or as good as anybody in the nation, but I am worried about the OL. No matter how good a freshmen they are, it is a big difference between an 18 year old kid and grown men in the trenches. The defensive staff is as good as there is, but a lot of personnel graduate. It might be a replay of a couple of years ago when the offense was so good and scored so quickly and the defense had not matured yet. Defense wins Championships.
To the game today---
1. SC has outplayed and out coached-
2. Clemson's offensive freshmen are gonna be special.
3. Defense was as good as advertised.
4. Officiating- just being objective- Watson scored on that goaline run in the first half- missed called. Onside kick rules changed a couple of years and that was the right call. ESPN was just butchering the commentary. Targeting- i believe it is a horse crap rule but I believe they called it correctly. Seems like good hard nosed football to me, but was probably the right call by how the crazy rule reads.
Sorry so long but again Congrats.

c lowe

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Nov 29, 2014, 9:37 PM

RULES

Targeting and Initiating Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3)

No player shall target and initiate contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. When in question, it is a foul.

Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4)

No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 2-27-14)

Note: Beginning in 2013, ejection from the game is a part of the penalty for violation of both Rule 9-1-3 and Rule 9-1-4.

KEY ELEMENTS

Target—to take aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with an apparent intent that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball.

Crown of the Helmet—the top portion of the helmet.

Contact to the head or neck area—not only with the helmet, but also with the forearm, fist, elbow, or shoulder—these can all lead to a foul.

Defenseless player—a player not in position to defend himself.

Examples (Rule 2-27-14):

A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.
A receiver attempting to catch a pass, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.
A kicker in the act of or just after kicking a ball, or during the kick or the return.
A kick returner attempting to catch or recover a kick.
A player on the ground.
A player obviously out of the play.
A player who receives a blind-side block.
A ball carrier already in the grasp of an opponent and whose forward progress has been stopped.
A quarterback any time after a change of possession.

KEY INDICATORS

Risk of a foul is high with one or more of these:

Launch—a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make contact in the head or neck area
A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with contact at the head or neck area—even though one or both feet are still on the ground
Leading with helmet, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with contact at the head or neck area
Lowering the head before attacking by initiating contact with the crown of the helmet

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ACC 4. SEC 0 Go away....***