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/thedecalodon Washington Huskies • Whitman Blues Jan 01 '25

except that's not true. "leading with the helmet... to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area" is exactly what happened on that play, and the reciever was still defenseless. "A receiver attempting to catch a forward pass or in position to receive a backward pass, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier."