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[QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 1609834, member: 972"]
This whole thing is ridiculous

A players head is on top of his shoulders for heavens sake

How is a player supposed to tackle with his shoulder and not have his helmet in the action?

There are hundreds of helmet to helmet hits per game, they are not called targeting

This player lead with his shoulder to the players chest, let up when he could have ruined him, and was ejected in the first play of his last bowl game

A player is not "defenseless" within a split second of having a teammate tackle him

The officials, the NCAA and the adults let him down.

The first mistake was the initial flag for targeting.  You want to say "hey that was dangerous" and throw a 15 yard unnecessary fine, but as the rules are now you risk no penalty then

The second mistake was the replay official upholding it.  The proponents of the call here have analyzed a 10'second clip down to milliseconds and isolated a frame shot where the defender's helmet is grazing (maybe) the opponents helmet.  That is NOT targeting.  It was a bad call and a bad replay call.

I don't even care about this play in particular, but it does show 1) how bad and dumb the NCAA is (this clumsy rule implementation) and 2) how football is going to struggle to figure itself out in the next 10 years.

One things for sure, offenses should pass pass pass because playing defense will eventually be outlawed
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