And Saban, of course, wouldn't have any conflict of interest riding on it, I'm sure....
Targeting Flags -- which do you agree with
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Okay, thanks - I couldn't really hear the broadcast at the tailgate, so I wasn't sure.
If you go back to few posts ago, where I posted the rules of what defenseless player is... It clearly stated that he wasn't defenseless player.. Your issue should be with NCAA, not Mack Wilson or Saban.
The officiating fail is that it was close. They are supposed to throw the flag and let replay sort it out if it is close. They did not do that. SEC officiating is very poor.
They might or might not have ejected him based on the replay. 30 will have to be careful from here out -- they'll be watching him.
And Gary needs to shut up about the rules -- he's been wrong so many times I can't believe he continues to yap about it.
They might or might not have ejected him based on the replay. 30 will have to be careful from here out -- they'll be watching him.
And Gary needs to shut up about the rules -- he's been wrong so many times I can't believe he continues to yap about it.
If you had a freeze frame of this just a bit earlier, I think you'd see Mack's helmet on Noils. By the time of this shot, Noil is already in recoil mode.Hard to tell. But in this shot it doesn't look head on. I guess the refs had the best view.
If not targeting, it was super, super close to it. I watched it several times and I think two things likely made the call go our way. #1. mack's shoulder hit noils shoulder first and #2, noil ducked the shoulder closest to the hit which brought his facemask down and that's where the contact was.
Now, mack is still really lucky he didn't get called for it, because he did lower his head and that is part of the definition of targeting also. That said, he keeps his head up here and it's probably even more helmet to helmet contact than it already was....
Another issue I have with officiating in general is watching and dissecting a play in super slow motion. You could watch the LOS, a DB defending a pass or any sequence in a game in super slow motion and find a penalty. They should reserve the slow motion and zoomed in shots for things that are definite like if a player stepped out of bounds or the football crossed the goal line. I don't like when Gary and whoever else looks at a play after the fact frame by frame and tries to find a penalty that was a judgement call (like holding or PI) made on the field..
I don't mind Gary and Verne pointing out potential missed calls, but drop it after you mention a time or two. It seems very egotistical for him to keep bringing it up time after time.
Look what I noticed, and see what it means to the game? Me! I'm over here! Look at me!
Look what I noticed, and see what it means to the game? Me! I'm over here! Look at me!
Correct. A tooth is a piece of the equipment in one's mouth.
I think that's a piece of their equipment.
Dude, that was a post from September and another play -- had nothing to do with Saturday's game.....
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...0/brandon-smith-targeting-penn-state-michigan
It was responding to the OP's question about the Penn State/Michigan Game
Watch the second angle on the review -- you can see him throw shoulder into the Michigan player.
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I was about to say the same. Wilson was making a wrap-up tackle and the helmets hit incidentally. #6 left his feet and launched himself, head first, at Harris with the clear intention of rocking our RB, not to make a tackle or block. Not saying he intended head to head contact, but he was not trying to make a "football play". In addition, Harris was already engaged with another blocker.
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In my opinion, Mack Wilson'***** on Speed Noil was and should have been called targeting. If that hit would have been put on an Alabama kick returner like ArDarius Stewart or B.J Eamons, we all would have been yelling about it and saying the guy should have been thrown out for targeting. I was in the stadium on Saturday and was surprised it wasn't called.
I also think the play would have been handled differently if Noil would not have gotten up. Instead, he jumped up immediately and went to the sideline. The official marked the ball and started the play clock. No stoppage of play to even take a closer or further look.
To me that is the hit that they are trying to eliminate from football and I have seen far less severe hits called targeting with the player being ejected. It is still a very subjective call and depends on each referee and replay official's interpretation of the rule and how they view the hit.
I also think the play would have been handled differently if Noil would not have gotten up. Instead, he jumped up immediately and went to the sideline. The official marked the ball and started the play clock. No stoppage of play to even take a closer or further look.
To me that is the hit that they are trying to eliminate from football and I have seen far less severe hits called targeting with the player being ejected. It is still a very subjective call and depends on each referee and replay official's interpretation of the rule and how they view the hit.
There are few hits that everyone agrees are targeting.
The rest are debatable with most saying "I can see it going either way." Mack'***** is pretty much that. If it was called, not many would complain.
I was in the car on the way back to Prattville from Birmingham when it happened. Eli and Phil were pretty enthusiastic about it. Neither suggested it should have been flagged, though.
The hit probably looked as bad because you're talking about a 244 pound guy running full speed down field colliding with a 200 pound guy who had about 15 yards of steam built up.
The rest are debatable with most saying "I can see it going either way." Mack'***** is pretty much that. If it was called, not many would complain.
I was in the car on the way back to Prattville from Birmingham when it happened. Eli and Phil were pretty enthusiastic about it. Neither suggested it should have been flagged, though.
The hit probably looked as bad because you're talking about a 244 pound guy running full speed down field colliding with a 200 pound guy who had about 15 yards of steam built up.
I think intent has a lot to do with whether targeting is called. Everyone knows Mack Wilson was trying to make a tackle. This wasn't towards the end of the play when the play was over or away from the ball..
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I keep wondering how the announcers usually have the right call over the officials.
Maybe the announcers in the broadcast booth should make the call.
Maybe the announcers in the broadcast booth should make the call.
It is fun to say we knocked 'is teef out, but the white thing comes flying off the low part of the facemask when it springs back after compression. It's not a tooth.
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