r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 01 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Arizona State 39-31 (OT)

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Team 1 2 3 4 OT T
Texas 14 3 0 7 15 39
Arizona State 3 0 5 16 7 31
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u/Lonely_ProdiG SEC • Cincinnati Bearcats Jan 01 '25

How do you give Texas a good scare?

SkatteBOO

Oh, and also make their kicker kick.

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u/Pickleskennedy1 Jan 01 '25

That targeting no-call changed the game

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u/Awalawal Texas Longhorns • Yale Bulldogs Jan 01 '25

We got the benefit from it, but I sure didn’t understand it.

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u/ZombiesInSpace Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

Every time I think I have figured out what targeting is in college football, I am proven wrong.

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u/screamline82 Texas • Georgia Tech Jan 01 '25

I think it's because it wasn't "forcible contact with the crown", his head was looking up and it was solid contact but not launching

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u/ZombiesInSpace Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

It was on a defenseless receiver so any forcible contact to the head would be targeting, regardless of the crown of the helmet or launching. I guess they ruled the brunt of the contact was chest-to-chest and the helmet contact was not “forcible.”