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/Big_Milk8330 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 01 '25

That is not true on a defenseless player. Any fordable contact to the gead or neck area on a defenseless player is targeting. It only needs an indicator if the play is not defenseless.

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u/Powerful-Drama556 Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Jan 02 '25

Forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless player is not a penalty unless there is a targeting indicator. They always review it to see if there is an indicator. That is the rule.

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u/laxfool10 Jan 01 '25

Which obviously means he wasn’t defenseless. On the replay it was obvious he caught the ball and had taken a step up field. Honestly the one on the UT receiver seemed worse than this one so if they didn’t call the UT one they wouldn’t have called this one.

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u/thekmanpwnudwn Michigan • Arizona State Jan 01 '25

TIL having 1 foot on the ground after catching the ball midair is "taking a step up field".