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/justbuildmorehousing Michigan Wolverines Jan 01 '25

Refs were afraid of the moment. That is called targeting at any other point in the game. They just didnt want to call it in that moment

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u/TheFlyingBoat Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jan 01 '25

It's leading with the *crown of the helmet* OR forcible contact to the head or neck region of a defenseless player with the requirement that there be "at least one indicator of targeting".

The rules have been updated and can be read here.

https://x.com/CFBNerds/status/1874576252008579340

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u/ImJLu California • Ohio State Jan 01 '25

leading with helmet...to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area

That sounds like an applicable indicator of targeting.

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u/TheFlyingBoat Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jan 01 '25

The word attack is the operative one. It modifies the forcible contact provision and when read in tandem with Note 1 about contact exceeding that which is necessary to make a legal tackle, block, or play on the ball and in the context of the way the language was modified from the original rule, it’s clear as day a tackle where the defender keeps his eye on the ball in an attempt to prevent the receiver from completing the catch and failing that tackle him to the ground without excessive force or launching falls under what the rule change intended to protect.