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Yeah it it makes me sleep better.Pointless at this point cause the SEC refs doubled down so no one is gonna admit they were wrong only hope is off season rules changes but even that is doubtful
yes, let's pretend like there isn't a really long list of absurd targeting calls
Or that it was shocking when they reversed the expulsion for Fuller.
Or that the refs didn't apologize for ejecting Ward
It's a stupid rule. Any contact near the neck and you're possibly toast, no matter why it happened or the circumstances. It was a correctly enforced, absurdly powerful and immovable rule
That was not Wade's most vicious hit nor in the top 5 for most violent helmet strikes by buckeye tacklers tonight, but arbitrary rules are fun, so goodbye Wade and hello completely different ballgame.
Every bounce seemed to go Clemson's way and we still could have won it in the end. Dabo had some Les miles sacrifice to demons luck to win that game. Dropped 2 TD's settled for fieldgoals. Ball hits clemson on last punt but bounces right to him. Another TD overturned. 15 pts left on the field. The punt block that turned into another 7. That's 22... etc etcAnyone got a clip of the roughing the kicker replay? When they showed the replay it looked like running into the kicker, like Olave pulled up and didn't made forceible contact with either leg and the kicker carried into Olave. Either way it was a bad call to go for a block in that situation so we fucked ourselves but the difference between a 1st down and 5 yard penalty would have been huge.
We fucked ourselves on a number of occasions that could have been the difference in this game but it still isn't any consolation to it appearing like all of breaks in the officiating were one sided.
The ironic thing is the one thing I can recall going our way with the officiating was when the booth stopped to review the pass to the 5 yard line and over turned it to a completion. But had they not stopped the play JK would have likely ran for a TD on the play they blew dead and instead we settled for a FG on the series.
If the rest of the game played out the same if the TD happens (who knows though) we are kicking a FG to win the game at the end instead of throwing for end zone.
Oh well, now just hoping Clemson comes home with a LSU cleat stuck in their ass.
In the new NFL and NCAA landscape, we ask defenders to lower their leverage, head to the side and tackle though with the shoulder.
Cute in theory and if you're tackling a dummy or training bag. But real players move... Fast. So in the process of lowering your leverage, the helmet will natrually drop a bit. So when the QB goes to protect himself and curls down, he has now taken what could be a perfectly legal hit, and given the defender a potential ejection based on his strike zone condensing. Unless you want these kids to start smoking people's knees?
It's just not easy and pragmatic when playing full speed. Sorry to burst your bubble. Rules should reflect responsible adherence to player safety while also understanding it is still a violent sport where you can't just legislate contact out of.
In the new NFL and NCAA landscape, we ask defenders to lower their leverage, head to the side and tackle though with the shoulder.
Cute in theory and if you're tackling a dummy or training bag. But real players move... Fast. So in the process of lowering your leverage, the helmet will natrually drop a bit. So when the QB goes to protect himself and curls down, he has now taken what could be a perfectly legal hit, and given the defender a potential ejection based on his strike zone condensing. Unless you want these kids to start smoking people's knees?
It's just not easy and pragmatic when playing full speed. Sorry to burst your bubble. Rules should reflect responsible adherence to player safety while also understanding it is still a violent sport where you can't just legislate contact out of.
Still with the targetting. JFC.
It comes down to "Hahaha, yes the rule is trash, but by the 'letter of the law' (oh wait, it's a complete judgement call) it was technically targetting because the crown, and the levels of their heads, and the lowering of their heads. See I'm right haha, are you crying yet? Hahaha!"
Except it wasn't called on the field. It wasn't even obvious what they were looking at on real-time replay when they showed it over and over. I actually thought they were trying to call something on Chase.
If as a ref you can't separate a DB trying to sack a 6'6 QB and making a tackle and guys purposely launching themselves at receivers or runners' heads, then you should quit or retire. Don't agree? Well too bad, cause it's my interpretation of the rule.
Just hope all the rule experts are right now going back and marking down the misses by the refs, because of they had replayed Brownings sack and used their same magical thinking, he's gone. Werner's gone too. And at least a few Clemson guys too. There was helmet crown contact on multiple tackles there. But they didn't arbitrarily replay those and arbitrarily decide to enforce a rule.
Because the ugly truth is, no, the ref didn't 'have to mess up the call' on purpose when watching replay. He could've used the same judgement used to buzz down to replay it and understood that any helmet to helmet contact during a tackle is not exactly the same and isn't all targetting. Because we're not fucking 4th graders who have zero understanding of nuances and can tell that there are shades of grey on every review or play.
All I want now is every single defensive play replayed and reviewed. 9 hour games, at least 10 explosions on each side per game. And then we'll still have people defending it because, hey, it's the rule and as thinking humans we're just powerless to interpret, judge, or change anything. Except literally everything that led to them making the initial call or reviewing it in the first place.