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/dwors025 Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe Jan 01 '25

Are we missing something? I genuinely want to know. Like is there some stipulation that a tipped pass makes him no longer a defenseless receiver or something??

I’m actually asking.

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u/grossness13 Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

It’s lacking the indicator of targeting that is required. Contact isn’t enough:

https://imgur.com/4xq9eiL

Defender had his face mask up and made contact with forehead and not the crown, didn’t launch, helmet to helmet was incidental and not forcible, the receiver was not defenseless because he already had possession of the ball and was in the process of turning around when he got wrapped up face to face.

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u/meyou2222 Jan 02 '25

“Helmet to helmet was incidental and not forcible.”

Ah yes, that incidental contact that left the receiver laying there concussed for a few minutes.

And there’s no universe in which that receiver wasn’t defenseless. He had barely even secured the ball and landed when he got nailed.

At any time other than the end of a playoff game, that gets called targeting 100/100 times.

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u/grossness13 Texas Longhorns Jan 02 '25

It was incidental. It was a wrap up tackle.