What was with Grant Delpit deliberately trying to take Tua’s knee out?

RammerJammer15 · Nov 7, 2018

Tenntiderman said:
SEC IS strangely quiet with all that don't you agree? I think a few of Mizzou's players should be called out. I think the same of LSU. I want to know why no flags thrown there. No dead ball foul or roughing the passer or anything. Why? We heard 100% more whining about Dylan Moses' push right on the sideline which COULD have been called, but GD called the foul...and then the disgust that it wasn't. Don't recall him worrying about Tua getting hammered by 2 Lsu players after the whistle. Whatever happened to the "Hey Ref...We can't hear our signals" rule?? The refs used to caution the fans. Same as the cowbell joke that we see in Starkville.

Another problem I had with the refs was the PI call on Savion, ball was clearly uncatchable and they still called PI.

RammerJammer15 · Nov 7, 2018

Bamaro said:
This wasn't too good either:eek

Shouldn’t that have been targeting? If I recall, if you lead with the crown of the helmet regardless of the area, it’s targeting.

92tide · Nov 7, 2018

tusks_n_raider said:
It was 1000% deliberate and dirty.

I'm not wishing ill on Delpit but Karma(or whatever you want to call it) usually gets around to players like him.

Honestly I credit our entire team for not letting things get overly 'chippy' to the point of multiple PF's being dished out after seeing the Tua hit and Ruggs III getting targeted in the endzone.

for what it's worth, he did get abused repeatedly on national television.

Krymsonman · Nov 7, 2018

Bamaro said:
This wasn't too good either:eek

Keep in mind that this hit came with a 4 step running head start!

CajunCrimson · Nov 7, 2018

JustNeedMe81 said:
It is possible that nobody heard the whistle...

our OL heard it, Tua heard it......Damian heard it.....Looks like only 2-3 didn't hear it. The guy in front of Leatherwood heard it -- he's standing straight up

crimsonaudio · Nov 7, 2018

So basically nothing delpit could do could stop Bama. Got it.

danb · Nov 7, 2018

Tideflyer said:
Coming in low like that on a QB was a deliberate shot, IMO. If you`re just going for the sack, the vast majority of the time you`ll be up high where you have a shot at stripping the ball. An exception to coming in high would be if the QB was running away and the defender was diving after him to trip him.

I believe it was a deliberate attempt to take a cheap shot at Tua’s knee.

He was going for the knee, but got a sack....just not a “sack” in the traditional terms of football! [emoji4]

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danb · Nov 7, 2018

Tenntiderman said:
I have been recovering from surgery and housebound soout of Boredom...been keeping up with Finebaum. Since that time.....I have not seen or heard that that guy has been back on air. He got spanked for that. I THINK that they are not accepting him to get connected. Jmo. Finebaum will clear anybody for a rating bump. James Carville for instance. Rest my case your Honor.

He was on the show Monday talking about how Bama hasn’t played a defense like they’re gonna see when they play Georgia, and other related uga homerisms. Paul, like he always does, roped him in, and then sprung the trap..(paraphrasing) “how many points did Georgia beat LSU by? No..they lost by 20!....Alabama beat LSU by 29, and LSU beat Georgia by 20, so Alabama is 49 points better than Georgia!”

Then he hung up on him!

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BamaMan09 · Nov 7, 2018

danb said:
He was on the show Monday talking about how Bama hasn’t played a defense like they’re gonna see when they play Georgia, and other related uga homerisms. Paul, like he always does, roped him in, and then sprung the trap..(paraphrasing) “how many points did Georgia beat LSU by? No..they lost by 20!....Alabama beat LSU by 29, and LSU beat Georgia by 20, so Alabama is 49 points better than Georgia!”

Then he hung up on him!

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Darriel wouldn't be so bold in person. Guaranteed.

Bamaro · Nov 7, 2018

Tideflyer said:
Coming in low like that on a QB was a deliberate shot, IMO. If you`re just going for the sack, the vast majority of the time you`ll be up high where you have a shot at stripping the ball. An exception to coming in high would be if the QB was running away and the defender was diving after him to trip him.

He was going for the "sack" alright! Ouch!

RT27 · Nov 7, 2018

It was the only way to slow Tua down, hurt him. They knew if he was still standing their great DB's were still going to get burned.

BamaMoon · Nov 7, 2018

Bamaro said:
This wasn't too good either:eek

That's targeting the goodies.

CullmanTide · Nov 7, 2018

JustNeedMe81 said:
It is possible that nobody heard the whistle...

They didn't seem to have any problem the other 60 or more whistles.

Snuffy Smith · Nov 7, 2018

BamaMoon said:
That's targeting the goodies.

I was going to “like” this post- but that seemed kinda weird [emoji2]

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bamacon · Nov 7, 2018

What I’ve heard about it is NOT good. I’d hope it isn’t the case but I’m having my doubts on the innocence plea. Heard a lot about the Missouri players too. Our boys were NONE too happy and NONE had a problem with Raekwon. I’ll just leave it at that.

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Ole Man Dan · Nov 7, 2018

Delpit is a dirty player and seems to be a Butt too.
(LSU has more than their share of guys like that)

Chechem · Nov 8, 2018

Delpit was just too inept, and missed the knee. Burrow missed most passes. Their kicker missed the field goal.
IT PROLLY WAS INTENTIONAL, BUT INEPTITUDE WON THE DAY.

pigsinspace · Nov 8, 2018

One complaint about the targeting rule that I have heard fairly often is that tacklers are going low more to avoid even incidental helmet to helmet contact which would be called targeting. I have not seen anything about knee injuries, but I have noticed more players hitting ball carriers around the knees. I have seen a few whiffs too because the tackler is looking down and the ball carrier makes an easy juke. The tackle low approach does open the door for more dirty play because players can use the avoid targeting excuse to take a shot at someone's knee.

RTR91 · Nov 8, 2018

Guy asked Finebaum about the targeting call yesterday. Paul mentioned he kind of forgot about it since it was so early in the game and the final outcome but he talked to numerous rules experts that said it should have been upheld. He continued by saying the impression the overturn gave is that the officials were affected by the circumstances, which bothers him after he and so many others in the media spent two weeks saying officials aren't/shouldn't be impacted by other circumstances.

MattinBama · Nov 8, 2018

Bamaro said:
This wasn't too good either:eek

As John Doe pointed out if Tua's right cleats had been in the ground when taking that hit it's potentially a season ending injury. Absolutely a dirty hit.

What was with Grant Delpit deliberately trying to take Tua’s knee out?

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