bad targeting flags.

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that targeting call on the florida player this weekend was bullshite

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Yeah I think both were bullshite calls....

Ricky Seals Jones during the state game. Even the announcers knew how retarded that call was

Thanks. Yea that was bs

I know we can complain about it but until the schools put pressure on the ncaa, nothing will be done.

I wish some of the kid influential AD's would start pressuring the NCAA to change the rule.

It's a damn stupid rule.

We got to protect the players but we've gone too far and it's hurting this game.

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Another question is should the refs be held accountable for these , since the player loses playing time ?

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Well not just them. The entire rule has taken away from the aggressive nature of the game. Yes, hitting late and hitting out of bounds is justified. But hitting with pads under the chin is not like helmet hits. But another thorn in my side is the way they escort the player off the field. You would think the player was a convict being arrested. With all this talk by the NCAA about protecting the athlete, what is the difference between a recruit jilting a university by stringing them along and not signing and showing one walking off the field with his head down and embarrassed by what he did?

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Now this is targeting. Leading with crown of helmet into head/neck area on to an unassuming tackler.

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Remember Jordan Jefferson and that late hit a few years back that was not called? I think that was the Bama game to.

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Moseley Targeting Call Clip

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I think what the refs are "using" there are his head was down and there was incidental contact with the head, combined.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's BS. That was not the crown, and yeah, that was incidental head contact with the hit actually in the chest. And did not leave his feet.

The one thing I'd like to see is a modification to the rule about who is a protected player (or is the terminology "defenseless player"?). If a QB runs the football, participates in the play other than passing (such as Brandon Harris actually having a blocking assignment on the backside when LSU runs the toss dive; UGA does same), or runs toward the play on fumble/INT should not be considered protected or defenseless.

I can't remember who/when it was, I think a Big XII game earlier in the year, I saw a QB throw a block on a run play where the RB reversed direction and he leveled a blitzing DB (or LB?) with a shot under the chin. Defender was called for targeting; that's the worst I've seen.

Agreed. I guess the NCAA is fine with everyone going for the knees now since hitting in the chest gets you ejected