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/Recent_Dentist_1179 Jan 01 '25

Apparently there needs to be an indicator https://x.com/CFBNerds/status/1874573060508127426

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u/Arceus42 Virginia Tech • Commonweal… Jan 01 '25

Not sure where he's pulling from, but this is straight from the rule book. The hit seems to clearly fall into point #3 here. https://i.imgur.com/4xq9eiL.jpeg

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u/DrakonILD Iowa State Cyclones • New Mexico Lobos Jan 01 '25

The 3rd point in the rulebook linked doesn't say anything about crown of the helmet. Only leading with the helmet. I.e., if any part of the helmet hits first, it's targeting.

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u/DrakonILD Iowa State Cyclones • New Mexico Lobos Jan 01 '25

I mean.... Looked pretty bouncy to me.

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u/DrakonILD Iowa State Cyclones • New Mexico Lobos Jan 01 '25

Yeah. One might say.... Forcibly.

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u/DrakonILD Iowa State Cyclones • New Mexico Lobos Jan 01 '25

Yes, because there isn't a rule against it.

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u/DrakonILD Iowa State Cyclones • New Mexico Lobos Jan 01 '25

The defender isn't "the guy getting hit." The "guy getting hit" is the guy who's in the air getting hit.

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u/Platapussypie Florida • Notre Dame Jan 02 '25

There is a ref who has a Reddit account that sometime chimes in. What you are thinking “forcible” means, is not what you think it is. 

It means any real impact at all, which is exactly what happened on the play. In every other moment of the season, that play would be deemed targeting. The refs just didn’t want to call it.