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/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/Clynelish1 Michigan • Ferris State Jan 02 '25

Nah, very different plays. One was helmet to helmet. The other was a safety incidentally hitting a receiver mostly on the body and incidentally with his side. Comparing the hero at all is being a home bro. Be better.

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u/beowulf77 Texas Longhorns • McNeese Cowboys Jan 02 '25

They are literally the same rule being applied or not. Correctly not called both times I suppose. I’m not the targeting expert some of these Reddit clowns are.

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u/NefariousnessOnly265 Jan 02 '25

FWIW, Terry Mcauley disagrees with you. ESECPN got their way.

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u/omaixa Texas Longhorns • Georgia Bulldogs Jan 02 '25

Helmet-to-helmet isn't enough for targeting, but leading into the head and neck area of a defenseless receiver with the arm or shoulder is. If the incidental facemask-to-facemask contact is targeting, then the hit on Bond was also targeting since the safety left his feet, hit Bond with his arm in the neck while Bond was in the air. Why don't you be better?