Bama Game Thread: Official Game Thread Bama vs. USCe, 2nd Half...

davefrat · Sep 14, 2019

We’re a very good team but we appear to have more problem areas than any of our other teams in recent years.

CrimsonTheory · Sep 14, 2019

Barmore now has to sit for a hit because the referees do not seem to understand what targeting is. It was a bogus call to begin with and the review confirms that the ref still made the wrong call.

crimsonaudio · Sep 14, 2019

B1GTide said:
It was targeting, but that is not the type of hit that they were trying to eliminate from the game when they first implemented it. The QB was not defenseless. He was stepping into a pass when he was hit. He took that risk, and I respect that, but he got hit because he put himself at risk, not because the defender did anything wrong, IMO. The helmets barely touched. ticky, tack call.

Agreed, but again, easily avoidable most of the time. This was avoidable.

Probius · Sep 14, 2019

B1GTide said:
It was targeting, but that is not the type of hit that they were trying to eliminate from the game when they first implemented it. The QB was not defenseless. He was stepping into a pass when he was hit. He took that risk, and I respect that, but he got hit because he put himself at risk, not because the defender did anything wrong, IMO. The helmets barely touched. ticky, tack call.

Good explanation. This may demonstrate a way in which this rule may be tweaked in the off-season.

Intl.Aperture · Sep 14, 2019

crimsonaudio said:
Sorry, but you're wrong - form tackle is facemask to the chest. Been that way for a century.

That was targeting, whether you guys like it or not. YOU CANNOT HIT THE QB IN THE HEAD. It's not really debatable...

It really wasn't targeting. It's an expansion of the original rule to give offenses even further benefit. But the QB in that scenario, was at no more risk of injury than if the hit had been six inches lower. Common sense details that it's meant for lowering the helmet and launching at the head of another defender...not incidental facemask bumping.
They'll call it, the announcers will agree, but is just not so. The word Targeting doesn't even conjure visuals of what you just saw. If they want to make a new rule or call that Roughing the Passer, I could possibly get on board but the idea that he is ejected from the game and has to miss the first half of the next game because it falls (erroneously) under the purview of "targeting" is malarkey.

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crimsonaudio · Sep 14, 2019

Probius said:
Good explanation. This may demonstrate a way in which this rule may be tweaked in the off-season.

It likely won't be - they've shown they're going to lean towards player safety over all else.

It is what it is - modify your play accordingly. It was a stupid defensive play under the rules.

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