The issue with targeting is it has been applied very liberally time after time

Jan 2, 2025
12:16:08pm

idcougarfan Intervention Needed

for many years. Then, on the biggest stage, the refs decide to let it slide. If you don’t call it then, don’t call it at many other times. Every game matters, not just playoff games.

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This is the correct summation of targeting

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Jan 2, 12:13pm

Yeah, because intent is so easy to decipher. 🙄 It’s why the indicators exist.

dtownCoug

Jan 2, 12:14pm

So easy to define and quantify unnatural, as well as judge intent.

rainorsnow

Jan 2, 12:15pm

The issue with targeting is it has been applied very liberally time after time

idcougarfan

Jan 2, 12:16pm

and anyone who saw that hit would call it targeting, it was crown, helmet to helmet, with force, and against a

ChinaFan

Jan 2, 12:16pm

I saw the hit and do no think it was targeting. I was rooting for ASU, so a targeting call would have been nice.

HTCougar

Jan 2, 12:44pm

It was targeting. I don't see how it's debatable. Forcible contact to the neck

rha1211

Jan 2, 1:17pm

I don’t think intent is as important as outcome. Any hit to the head that results in an injury should be targeting.

Littlerich

Jan 2, 12:23pm

No, it's not. It's completely ambiguous.

SoCalCoug

Jan 2, 12:42pm

Plus, that does nothing to address the reason for the targeting rule:

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