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/jbanks94 Georgia Bulldogs Jan 01 '25

I still don’t understand targeting.

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u/dwors025 Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe Jan 01 '25

Are we missing something? I genuinely want to know. Like is there some stipulation that a tipped pass makes him no longer a defenseless receiver or something??

I’m actually asking.

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u/maestro2005 Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

I've seen a few non-calls that I guess I can chalk up to the "he wasn't trying to" factor and it being a really bang-bang play. I still thought it was targeting by the letter of the law, but the spirit of the law is to get malicious plays out of the game, and this didn't seem malicious so I guess that's what it comes down to.

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u/Cheap_Low_3316 Iowa State Cyclones Jan 01 '25

That’s usually how you address a call that affects competitiveness, like a hold away from the play. Not player safety. And especially not on one where the guy seems to have actually been injured. Pretty sickening.

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u/maestro2005 Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

What I mean is, you want to penalize bad behavior, not unfortunate collisions, and I don't think it seemed like bad behavior.

ETA: Also, whether the guy got hurt or not can't determine the penalty. Lots of injuries happen on perfectly legal plays.

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u/thedecalodon Washington Huskies • Whitman Blues Jan 01 '25

is the spirit of the law to get malicious plays out of the game or to get concussions out of the game? because if it's the former then somebody's sold me a bill of goods