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Delpit's description of the Targeting call.. and what's wrong
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:23 am
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:23 am
“I saw him mid-air trying to go up and make a catch,” Delpit said in a post-game interview. “We had a corner outside. He ended up hitting him and when he hit him, (Snelson) dropped his head. My momentum was already going and it ended up being helmet-to-helmet. I wasn’t trying to hit him in the head.
“There’s not much you can do. Try to Spider-Man, move out of the way or something but I couldn’t. There’s nothing I could do."
I am all for player safety and rules that safeguard the well being of players. There has to some clarification and "decriminalizing" of unintended helmet to helmet.
“There’s not much you can do. Try to Spider-Man, move out of the way or something but I couldn’t. There’s nothing I could do."
I am all for player safety and rules that safeguard the well being of players. There has to some clarification and "decriminalizing" of unintended helmet to helmet.
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Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:26 am to JohnnyU
Don’t kick the player out for the first violation. If he gets two in one game then yes. They already do this for unsportsmanlike contact
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:32 am to JohnnyU
This is the second time this year he has been ejected from an unavoidable target right?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:35 am to JohnnyU
There's no doubt these rules diminish the game from what it was but how many former players walk like old men at 45? I think American football is probably a dying sport.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:13 am to JohnnyU
Maybe if y'all didn't put up billboards in REC territory, or having a drunk
ex politician calling out Refs.
ex politician calling out Refs.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:03 am to JohnnyU
I agree with the fact that he wasn’t trying to hit him in the head, but, he led with his helmet. Plain and simple.
Orgeron appeared to be telling him to wrap up. If he had been concentrating on tackling and not hitting the receiver with his helmet, probably doesn’t get called.
Orgeron appeared to be telling him to wrap up. If he had been concentrating on tackling and not hitting the receiver with his helmet, probably doesn’t get called.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:32 am to JCinBAMA
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Maybe if y'all didn't put up billboards
This has nothing to do with the actions of some pissed off fans to put up a billboard. I have seen a number of instances nearly identical to White's hit on Fitzgerald that weren't called. The indignation was warranted if misplaced.
And please, don't come off so fricking high and mighty. Bama seems to be immune to such calls. GFYWA2B4
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:32 am to ksrph
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he led with his helmet.
He did.
But it wasn’t a bad hit. They should make this more subjective. There’s plenty of times targeting doesn’t get called with helmet to helmet contact in games. Just make it a reviewable call and allow the refs to decide if it should be targeting. If we can’t trust them to make the right call, they shouldn’t be calling the game in the first place.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:50 am to the808bass
I know it was a clean hit, but the hit on Burrow (pick 6) is one that should be considered. If player safety is the concern, the whiplash, blindside hit (Mack Wilson, for you Bama fans) is more egregious than what Devine White or Delpit did.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 7:51 am
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:52 am to WylieTiger
The problem is that they’ll add a blindside rule and keep the targeting rule as well.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:58 am to the808bass
the blindside rule is already in place (defenseless player), which is why the Burrow hit on the INT should have been called.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 7:58 am
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:59 am to JohnnyU
I thought the Delpit ejection for targeting perfectly clarifies what is wrong with the rule.
It needs to be modified.
It needs to be modified.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:01 am to LSU1SLU
I’m not a rules expert. But if Joe Burrow was a defenseless player there (he appeared to be), then I don’t understand why it wasn’t a penalty.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:04 am to the808bass
That would be a bitch. If they keep the targeting definition in place, the penalty then needs to be changed. I don't like the ejection, especially the 2nd half/1st half next game. Treat it like an unsportsmanlike or make them sit 15 minutes of current clock time.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:16 am to JohnnyU
Bull shite... look at the tape and he comes in late leads with head, slams helmet of receiver, clear case of targeting...and it looks intentional to me and I guess the refs and replay booth. Furthermore, he has a long history of it this year so his yapping now, and the NEVER ENDING BITCHING ABOUT REFS AND RULES from LUSers, is moot.
Let's all understand exactly what this is all about. THIS WHOLE LINE IS JUST ANOTHER LSU WHINE ABOUT REFS and how they cheat LSU and call bad stuff on them when they are all perfectly innocent and don't call stuff on the other team. This is amazing.. LSU players get called for fouls and now the entirety NCAA football needs to change the rules.
Make no mistake... if the rule was changed and an LUSer player was subsequently targeted, the LUSers would be on here demanding a rule change. It is what they do... it is always the refs against LSU. It is the most epic whine on this board...
LSU fan win or lose: "refs called this, refs didn't call that, refs coulda-woulda-shouda called those, Alabama was holding, cheat, SEC office in Birmingham, Steve Shaw, REC, Bama, refs let the other team play too rough, refs didn't let our team play football just touch football, Ritter, rules, FBI."
God it gets old...
Let's all understand exactly what this is all about. THIS WHOLE LINE IS JUST ANOTHER LSU WHINE ABOUT REFS and how they cheat LSU and call bad stuff on them when they are all perfectly innocent and don't call stuff on the other team. This is amazing.. LSU players get called for fouls and now the entirety NCAA football needs to change the rules.
Make no mistake... if the rule was changed and an LUSer player was subsequently targeted, the LUSers would be on here demanding a rule change. It is what they do... it is always the refs against LSU. It is the most epic whine on this board...
LSU fan win or lose: "refs called this, refs didn't call that, refs coulda-woulda-shouda called those, Alabama was holding, cheat, SEC office in Birmingham, Steve Shaw, REC, Bama, refs let the other team play too rough, refs didn't let our team play football just touch football, Ritter, rules, FBI."
God it gets old...
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 8:35 am
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:17 am to Jacknola
You have too much Bama in you.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:19 am to JohnnyU
Stop hitting people in the head.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:20 am to the808bass
He’s right you know.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:21 am to the808bass
No arsehole, you and your whining friends put too much cry baby paranoia in your morning gumbo.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 8:51 am
Posted on 1/3/19 at 9:09 am to ksrph
You do realize you can lead with your shoulder but opposing players are not a stationary target and is not humanly possible to change your trajectory in a split second like that. Guy was in the air making a catch, initial trajectory had him at his waist, guy comes down gets deflected off another defender after Delpit already committed and makes incidental contact to his helmet. He literally cannot do anything about that, if you have played a down of football you might realize this.
This should not be cause for ejection, the hit on burrow on the crack back block with clear intent to hurt player is what should be addressed by college football, not split second plays like this. The guy that hit burrow who was not even in the play had complete control of his trajectory and how he would initiate contact which he did in the neck area and should be what is taken out of this game and cause for ejection.
This should not be cause for ejection, the hit on burrow on the crack back block with clear intent to hurt player is what should be addressed by college football, not split second plays like this. The guy that hit burrow who was not even in the play had complete control of his trajectory and how he would initiate contact which he did in the neck area and should be what is taken out of this game and cause for ejection.
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