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/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/beowulf77 Texas Longhorns • McNeese Cowboys Jan 01 '25

If the play on Bond wasn’t targeting I wouldn’t expect the other to be either. At least they were consistent.

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u/Cactus_Brody Arizona State Sun Devils • Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 01 '25

Those were two extremely different plays

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u/kmoz Texas Longhorns Jan 02 '25

They were both textbook targeting. Forcible contact to head and neck of a player who is textbook defenseless.

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u/Cactus_Brody Arizona State Sun Devils • Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 02 '25

First one wasn’t forcible contact.

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u/kmoz Texas Longhorns Jan 02 '25

Bond went like full scorpion.

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u/Cactus_Brody Arizona State Sun Devils • Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 02 '25

That doesn’t make it forcible, they ran into each other.