***Bowl Games Thread***
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CycloneErik
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Helmet nailed Fields in the kidneys or spine.
Thats ******* dumb. Poor tackling technique? Yes. Targeting? **** no.
Body or head doesn't matter. It's that 47 dropped his head, basically looking at the ground to hit someone. Keep facemask straight forward, it's not a call.
Again, what is the defender supposed to do? Know beforehand what moves Fields is gonna do? Defender came ready to hit with shoulder and the qb moves....
Its textbook targeting, but once again the rule needs to be more like 15 yards for the first time, ejected for the second (and no carryover into the next game, that's just dumb)
I absolutely hate this rule. Like you said this was to protect people from concussions. They already have a rule for spearing. Kicking guys out of the game is a damn joke.
It's solely called because of how he dropped his head. Nothing else mattered on that hit.
Then the rule needs to be changed. Sorry, that's a terrible having that type of hit as targeting. In no way should that be worth an ejection. This rule is killing some of these games.
The rule was made to protect the tackler as well as the player being tackled, they say. The goal is to get 100% of head contact out of the game.
(note: I don't like it either ... )
Man, some of you just hate all targeting calls. That was 100% without a doubt targeting. And that’s to protect the defender. He’s lucky he didn’t break his neck with that tackle.
The ejection is dumb as **** though.
The ejection is dumb as **** though.
Ohio State kinda proving the doubters wrong.
But if he hadn't dropped his head then he would have hit Fields in his helmet, which would have been targeting. What is a defender supposed to do?
CycloneErik
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Nah. If you drop your head like that for the hit, you don't need to be in there.
There's no way he should be allowed to call this game. He's so biased.
that was about as text book targeting as you can get really.. he lowered his head... I hate the rule as much as anyone (and think it needs to be called on the offense as well most times)... but that was the right call..
So if Fields didn't spin directly into 47's helmet there's no penalty? Why is it ejection worthy?
Again the rule needs to be changed. The rule was originally around the whole concussion thing, so neck and above. It has morphed into anything overly physical now. Sorry, I know it may have been the correct call by the letter of the law, but that law needs to be changed if THAT hit warrants an ejection. Can't change my mind on that. These calls are ruining the balance of these big games.
They should make the guy that gets called for targeting run 3 laps around the field and the other team gets a power playuntil he completes the laps.
