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[QUOTE="HyattsCuse, post: 5304102, member: 1538"]
Haha, just kidding around.  I saw the SVP article and thought of your posts from last night.

I 100% thought it was targeting in real time.  It's been called that way [U]all year[/U].  That's why the ref needs to justify the call.  It wasn't just H2H.  1) It was clearly a defenseless receiver and 2) the Texas guy went too high with his tackle causing his head/crown to make solid helmet to helmet contact.  It's not like his helmet glanced off the ASU receivers helmet, it was dead on and the first contact that was made with the receiver was the helmet to helmet.  The only way that happens is if the Texas guy lowers his head which is indisputable on the replay.

I empathize with the "this is football" opinion.  As a spectator, it was a lot of fun to watch Donovan Darius and Ronnie Lott blow people up across the middle.  But rules focused on safety have been put into place and the onus has been on the defensive player all year to adjust to them to avoid this exact contact.  If they don't, it's a targeting penalty in every game I've watched this year.

It's hard not to think the refs were thinking about the aftermath as it would have resulted in ASU at least getting a shot at a game winning field goal in regulation. No doubt the refs knew the magnitude of the call and swallowed their whistles.
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