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The "targeting" call will be forgotten in short order...
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:03 am
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:03 am
When OSU runs Tx out of the building next week.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:06 am to Lonnie Utah
I doubt it will be forgotten by Arizona St fans. I can honestly say that was the worst call I've ever seen in all of my years of watching football...and I'm 55 years old. I've yet to see a commentator or even NFL officials who disagree.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:19 am to Darindawg
The hit by Bullard on MHJr was a pretty egregious hit in the peach bowl a few years ago.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:22 am to Nasty_Canasta
Yeah but his team benefited from that hit, so it was just a clean football play.
Every fanbase is the same.
Every fanbase is the same.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:23 am to Darindawg
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I doubt it will be forgotten by Arizona St fans. I can honestly say that was the worst call I've ever seen in all of my years of watching football...and I'm 55 years old. I've yet to see a commentator or even NFL officials who disagree.
Was a good no call.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:24 am to Darindawg
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I doubt it will be forgotten by Arizona St fans. I can honestly say that was the worst call I've ever seen in all of my years of watching football...and I'm 55 years old. I've yet to see a commentator or even NFL officials who disagree.
It was a good no-call.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:29 am to Darindawg
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I can honestly say that was the worst call I've ever seen in all of my years of watching football...and I'm 55 years old.
This sounds a little dramatic to me. I agree that by the book it should’ve been a targeting call, but I’ve seen at least a dozen calls this year alone that were malicious hits with intent to harm. The replay on this clearly demonstrates incidental helmet to helmet contact while making a play. Again I think that because of the way the rule is written that it was, technically, a “targeting” penalty. But to say it’s “the worst call in 55 years of watching football” tells me you may have a habit of dozing off during games or something.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:35 am to Darindawg
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I can honestly say that was the worst call I've ever seen in all of my years of watching football.
What about the other targeting call they reviewed in the same game where the ASU player launched himself off the ground into the defenseless Texas receiver and hit him high in the head and neck area? That was a no call too and a more intentional hit..
Screw the ASU fans, their team got away with just as much crap in that game, let em whine...
This post was edited on 1/2/25 at 10:38 am
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:37 am to Aguga
You know better than NFL officials?
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:39 am to Nasty_Canasta
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The hit by Bullard on MHJr was a pretty egregious hit in the peach bowl a few years ago.
Led with the shoulder, hit the shoulder, the helmet contact was secondary.
Against ASU, he led with the crown of his helmet, and the contact was initiated to the helmet, on a defenseless receiver trying to reel the ball in.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:40 am to HTX Horn
I was with your wife last night and she didn't "doze off"...and uh, she said, 'for a change'. Don't shoot the messenger.
May we meet in the finals and the best team win.

May we meet in the finals and the best team win.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:44 am to SteelerBravesDawg
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It was a good no-call.
Since you aren't a Texas fan who naturally won't admit the truth...
Why do you think it was a "good" no call?
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:45 am to Darindawg
I do, I’m an anonymous internet poster.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 11:01 am to AZHorn
What about
When you see or hear this at the start of a someone's rebuttal you know right away they don't have a good answer to the argument.
When you see or hear this at the start of a someone's rebuttal you know right away they don't have a good answer to the argument.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 11:21 am to Lonnie Utah
Interesting take after you've spent the better part of this season crying about being unfairly treated by the refs.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 11:25 am to Nasty_Canasta
Bullard hit was shoulder to shoulder
UTx hit was head to head
So…very different
UTx hit was head to head
So…very different
Posted on 1/2/25 at 11:43 am to AZHorn
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What about the other targeting call they reviewed in the same game where the ASU player launched himself off the ground into the defenseless Texas receiver and hit him high in the head and neck area? That was a no call too and a more intentional hit..
Yeah, that one was textbook for what the targeting rule was created to stop, and was a no call in ASU’s favor.
Yet everyone is self immolating over one that was a form tackle with unintentional face mask to face mask contact. The rule as written requires “forceful contact” to be targeting, which I don’t think it was.
More importantly the “rules analysts” don’t even seem to address this aspect of the rule as far as I can tell.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 11:46 am to Darindawg
quote:Watch out folks! He's 55 and ready to frick your wife! Haha
I was with your wife last night and she didn't "doze off"...and uh, she said, 'for a change'. Don't shoot the messenger.
This post was edited on 1/2/25 at 11:47 am
Posted on 1/2/25 at 12:00 pm to JacieNY
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What about
When you see or hear this at the start of a someone's rebuttal you know right away they don't have a good answer to the argument.
Whenever you see an OU or A&M fan post about a Texas game, you need to be skeptical as well and understand their statement will contain 50% hate and 50 % bias and BS.
I was just saying the officiating was bad both ways in that game. In my opinion, both could have been called for targeting easily, but neither play resulted in the penalty. It was tit for tat.
This post was edited on 1/2/25 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 1/2/25 at 12:13 pm to Gunga Din
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Why do you think it was a "good" no call?
There was no launch. He did not lead with the crown of his helmet. It was helmet-to-helmet but he led with his facemask. There wasn't any malicious intent behind his hit, it was just a football play IMO.
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