The Texas-Georgia no call is different because as a runner the Georgia quarterback is not a defenseless player. If you want to argue Simmons didn't use the crown of his helmet, fine, that's at least arguable. But the rest of that was bull ****.Sure, he didn't make the impact with the crown of his helmet, he went in face mask first. He didn't launch, he was running straight through. In terms of the head/neck area hit, the reason I believe that's a no call is because he wouldn't have if Becht hadn't turned to the right in that moment to read his progressions on the right side. An example I'll use would be the no-call in the Texas/Georgia game last night. If the offensive player's movement is what moves their head in to the path of a defender who is too close to change course, I believe that should be a no call.
Simmons is a good dude. Not a dirty player at all. There's no way he ran in there thinking "I'm aiming for the head" and I think on replay you can clearly see he was aiming for chest pads. (Watch the replay they do on the broadcast from lower angle and you can clearly see his facemask up aiming for the chest pads.)
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