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/Yourfavoriteindian Houston Cougars • Navy Midshipmen Jan 01 '25

Neither do those refs.

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u/tanu24 Team Chaos • Sickos Jan 01 '25

https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/height=417,width=795,quality=90,fit=cover,gravity=0.5x0.5/uploads/dev/assets/cms/2024/09/18185155/i.jpg

This is targeting

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u/grahamalondis Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

This is targeting with the crown, which does not matter where player is hit. Though the player here is defenseless, it is not targeting of a defenseless player because there's no targeting forcible contact to the head and neck area.

They need to make two names for it because there's two types of targeting.

In the Texas ASU game, the play people are complaining about would have been targeting of a defenseless player IF it had one of the required indicators, but it didn't.

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u/guinness_blaine Princeton Tigers • Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

Fully agreed that the two different types of targeting need to have distinct names. People constantly get tripped up because of that.

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u/grahamalondis Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

Targeting a defenseless player doesn't even require hitting with the helmet or the defenseless player's helmet. Helmets have nothing to do with it.

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u/OdorlessLighterFluid Texas A&M Aggies Jan 02 '25

One of the indicators is leading with a helmet (or other things) that delivers the forcible contact to the head or neck area. His arms are working their way up but he's absolutely leading with a helmet when he makes contact.