Can we get a new kicker in the portal?
Bahahahahaahahaha
Quinn and Sark had their issues today. But the main problem is Auburn. That little puke is a chokin moron.
He choked against Georgia too.
Sark and Quinn had us in place to win with an easy field goal.
I heard that he wanted to come back next year. If Sark lets that happen, it will be the stupidest thing he has ever done.
i hope I am wrong and he has a good game against Ohio State. But i seriously doubt it
The hit on #7 was targeting
UT #16 (Taffe?) was also targeting for hit on #5 for ASU
Man ESPN has not stopped talking about the non targeting call on Taafe, but what they seem to forget. What about the one on Bond? What about the illegal pull of the O-line on Scattebo into the endzone in first OT? What about the obvious OPI on Scattebo? They also seem to forget, ASU had countless time to take over the game when they had the ball for an entire quarter and only scored 5 points. They also had a mental lapse on 3 straight passing plays in both OTs, all they had to do is two safeties deep on a 4th and 13. This is why I hate hypotheticals because we will never know, no matter if you're on the side of it being a targeting or good no call both teams had chances to win in the end.
based on the rules, taaffe's hit had a very good case for not being targeting. the area where his helmet made contact was not the "crown" per definition, it looked more like the initial contact was with the facemask. and since there was no launch, crouch, or lowering of the head to hit with the helmet, his hit became part of the subjective area. targeting is defined as "a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball."
taaffes hit likely looked like a legal tackle to those officials. in my eye, it looked like he was using his chest to tackle. helmet-to-helmet contact does not instantly qualify as targeting.
the hit on bond definitely had a launch though and should have been targeting. perhaps the officials letting that one slide had impact on their decision not to call targeting on taaffe, especially since it wasn't clear by rule to be targeting.
Last edited by chubbs; 01-02-2025 at 04:07 PM.
yep
they also had two illegal men downfield on the fake punt
there were quite a few blatantly obvious calls against ASU that went uncalled
The refs giveth and the refs taketh away. There were 3 bad calls on Arizonas tying touchdown drive.
Big question is do we get calls against Ohio state ? We will need them. Maybe refs will have on white hats that day
ESPN looking for controversy. Clickbait
If anyone thinks they know what targeting is given what this says and what happened, they are wrong.
Launching, Crown of helmet, etc... Its just not clear in the UT game except that the kid got blown up.
I saw targeting numerous times if its launching and crown of helmet AWAY from the ball.
This rule can be every bit as hard as pass interference which is also people can claim they know it, and they dont. Because there are so many plays are not clear.
Take the Taffee - Skat pass play where Skat caught the ball and Taffee tore his helmet off in order to tackle him. Look at the called interference. I can make a case both ways. It did not matter, but the point is these are very difficult to call. Because the rules go through a number of criteria that we are not sure about if they took place, and to make it worse, which criteria met count. One cant say any crouch yields a targeting. So what is it... I also dont personally want to see a bunch of angles 5 different times. Make the rules clear. We also had a receiver get his jersey pulled out and hung onto on a route and thats not holding. The announcers said thats holding but its not clalled. OK so grabbing the jersey of a receiver on a route is not holding, so you actually have to grab a body Part. Clearer language with clinics to show each team what is and is not a penalty. And yes we understand some will be missed.
Also the networks are way too with cozy specific conferences which is bound to light conspiracy theories even if they do not exist. ESPN and the SEC are clearly tight financially. Does it come to point that it filters down to the refs to try to make certain games work for entertainment purposes...
Last edited by pgardn; 01-02-2025 at 08:50 PM.
Did I miss it? When did they call targeting against ASU in the 1st half? I don't remember any player from ASU getting ejected.
'26 S offer Jett Washington from Las Vegas, NV tells 247 Texas is a school he and his father are planning on seeing this spring.
https://247sports.com/Player/jett-washington-46135622/
OTF expects Thomas to be in Austin soon for a visit.
Georgia appears to be the most aggressive team with him currently.
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