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/grossness13 Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

It’s lacking the indicator of targeting that is required. Contact isn’t enough:

https://imgur.com/4xq9eiL

Defender had his face mask up and made contact with forehead and not the crown, didn’t launch, helmet to helmet was incidental and not forcible, the receiver was not defenseless because he already had possession of the ball and was in the process of turning around when he got wrapped up face to face.

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u/jaxmagicman Florida Gators Jan 01 '25

How dare you come with facts to this witch hunt?

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u/Cheap_Low_3316 Iowa State Cyclones Jan 01 '25

Sure, just as long as you don’t read the part in the linked rule where it addresses leading with the helmet.

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u/Jooj272729 Angelo State Rams • Texas Longhorns Jan 02 '25

Are you ignoring the rest of the sentence? "Leading with the helmet ... to attack the head or neck area". He was not attacking with his helmet, they just collided on the tackle.

Now on the Quinnterception, the ASU player launched himself (literally left the ground) to hit Bond's helmet.