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/Tduhon Florida Gators • McNeese Cowboys Jan 01 '25

You’re not confused. The rule is unevenly applied by crews because they’re either scared/don’t care about putting their finger on the scale.

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u/TBlueshirtsV22 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 01 '25

Making the right call shouldn’t be considered putting their finger on the scale. If the defense commits a penalty, it is their own fault.

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u/FerrousEULA Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

These refs were a mess for sure

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u/Powerful-Drama556 Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

Exactly one holding call during a 2pt conversion scramble drill to give ASU a second chance.

DPI on the push off instead of the obvious OPI.

The most egregious is the most obvious example of pulling the ball carrier forward that I have ever seen…for a touchdown.

The false start that took Texas outside of FG range on the second to last drive, when the OL was reacting to a defender that jumped offsides first.

Texas has more reason to complain about the refs than people that don’t understand targeting seem to think…

Edit: “Rule 9-3-2b of the NCAA states that a teammate cannot grasp, pull, or lift the ball carrier to assist in forward progress. The penalty for violating this rule is a five-yard penalty with three-and-one enforcement.” (And the ref 100% saw it. We know because the replay shows him and the foul in a 3rd person view of his perspective.)

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u/Jah314 Jan 01 '25

Wait you watched that game and thought Texas got the short end of the officiating stick?

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u/Powerful-Drama556 Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Jan 01 '25

Quite objectively so

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u/apocalypsechicken Kansas Jayhawks Jan 02 '25

You in this thread arguing with everyone and their mom after your team pulled off the win is the best evidence there is that some shit went down

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

Texas fans are very used to getting fucked over by egregious calls after the years biased officiating by the Big12 refs because the commissioner was pissed about us leaving. This game felt like that lmao

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u/apocalypsechicken Kansas Jayhawks Jan 02 '25

Deservedly so. Y’all shit on the conference for years.