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[Falchion]

Big stop there by A&M.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

@NeillOstrout 4m4 minutes ago
UCF players and coaches leaving the field without the Civil ConFLiCT trophy.

lol

hahahhaha

I mean, UCONN seems like good people and the coach has crazy energy that you can't be mad at, but meh.

 

[Limedust]

... barely.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Neill Ostrout
‏@NeillOstrout
UCF players and coaches leaving the field without the Civil ConFLiCT trophy.

Rekt

 

[ag-my001]

Can't even watch the game yet, as my local station is showing the end of BC/Syracuse.

One of these days I'm actually going to write that letter of complaint.

 

[Monroeski]

That was odd. I just watched the first minute of the West Virginia/TCU game on ESPN2 as TCU fumbled the opening kickoff and WVU scored a few plays later; immediately after the extra point the channel just switched games completely to Purdue/Nebraska.

West Virginia/TCU does appear to be on ABC here, though. I guess somebody at the network screwed up their feed initially.

 

[Slo]

Jeff George sighting!

 

[Falchion]

Holy shit that leaping sack.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

A&M should really not try sideways plays against Bama.

 

[ag-my001]

A non-3 and out that ends where it began.

Holy shit that leaping sack.

Combined with the Jeff George sighting, nice homage to Tecmo Bowl.

 

[mre]

Jonathan Allen... Jesus Christ.

 

[Vanillalite]

Bama's D too stronk.

A&M can probably hang with Bama when their D is on the field. A&M's offense isn't in the same league as Bama's D though.

 

[ag-my001]

Whelp, if Hall is out, I'll go ahead and concede 97% of any chance A&M had.

 

[Vanillalite]

That's game

Thanks for playing A&M

 

[Lonestar]

Whelp, if Hall is out, I'll go ahead and concede 97% of any chance A&M had.

Knee? Hard to tell up here

 

[Limedust]

Knee? Hard to tell up here

Thought to be shoulder.

 

[Falchion]

At least they can stiffen up in the red zone.

 

[Vanillalite]

Wtf kinda play call was that. At least make it so it's an end zone throw.

 

[squicken]

Well holding them to FGs is better than nothing, but outside the 20 the defense is like hot butter

 

[BTM]

Ed Cunningham is probably the worst announcer of all time

 

[Limedust]

Inside the 20... RTDBL!

 

[Falchion]

FUCK WATCH OUT

 

[Kacar]

Oh my....

 

[MIMIC]

Is he OK? 0_o

 

[Lonestar]

Booooommmmm

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Targeting

 

[Jade Knight 08]

BBBooommm....headshot!

 

[squicken]

So far two calls that could have gone either way and they to Bama

 

[Nialrot]

Blatant targeting...

 

[ag-my001]

Clear targeting, and please stop going sideways.

 

[MIMIC]

YOUR HAMSTRING?

Boy sit down

 

[Limedust]

Probably targeting.

Part of Wilson's helmet sticker flew off in that hit.

 

[ReadingRambo]

How could it be targeting on a running ball carrier. Not defenseless.

 

[Yaboosh]

How could it be targeting on a running ball carrier. Not defenseless.

Because it was the crown of his helmet.

 

[Slo]

We've got Michigan exactly where we want them.

 

[Baroquemantic]

My heart just dropped there.

 

[mre]

How could it be targeting on a running ball carrier. Not defenseless.

Because it was the crown of his helmet.

I think this just proves the saying that nobody knows what targeting is. I thought it would have been targeting, too, because it was clearly helmet to helmet, but the SEC office said that rule doesn't apply where the ball carrier isn't "defenseless"?

I don't know what the fuck to think anymore.

 

[mre]

That was a perfect call.

 

[Vanillalite]

I think this just proves the saying that nobody knows what targeting is. I thought it would have been targeting, too, because it was clearly helmet to helmet, but the SEC office said that rule doesn't apply where the ball carrier isn't "defenseless"?

I don't know what the fuck to think anymore.

It's literally the same rule applied to Cam when he got knocked out against the Falcons a few weeks ago.

He had the ball trying to go into the end zone so he was considered a runner. So it wasn't targeting.

 

[squicken]

Alabama's OL is just so dominant. Killing A&M between the tackles

 

[george_us]

A&M looking like middle schoolers trying to tackle out here.

 

[Limedust]

Howard sighting!

Run on every play, please.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Touchdown this time, please.

Edit: Hope Howard is okay.

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

Harbaugh acknowledging he wanted his new glasses to look like Woody Hayes and also Michael Douglas in Falling Down. He is nuts...

edit:
For reference:

 

[Yaboosh]

No player shall target and make forcible contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting (See Note 1 below). When in question, it is a foul.

Note 1: "Targeting" means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball. Some indicators of targeting include but are not limited to:

Launch—a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make forcible contact in the head or neck area
A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area, even though one or both feet are still on the ground
Leading with helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area
Lowering the head before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet

.


Separate from that:

No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent (See Note 2 below) with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting (See Note 1 below). When in question, it is a foul (Rules 2-27-14 and 9-6). (A.R. 9-1-4-I-VI)

 

[mre]

It's literally the same rule applied to Cam when he got knocked out against the Falcons a few weeks ago.

He had the ball trying to go into the end zone so he was considered a runner. So it wasn't targeting.

I don't really watch the NFL, but I thought crown of the helmet to helmet of the runner was always targeting.

Howard out hurts. Fuck.

 

[Haloid1177]

Alabama if you fuck up and lose to LSU I'll never forgive you.

 

[Vanillalite]

.

You literally skipped note 2

Note 2: Defenseless player (Rule 2-27-14):

A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.

A receiver attempting to catch a forward pass or in position to receive a backward pass, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.

A kicker in the act of or just after kicking a ball, or during the kick or the return.

A kick returner attempting to catch or recover a kick, or one who has completed a catch or recovery and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.

A player on the ground.

A player obviously out of the play.

A player who receives a blind-side block.

A ball carrier already in the grasp of an opponent and whose forward progress has been stopped.

A quarterback any time after a change of possession.

A ball carrier who has obviously given himself up and is sliding feet-first.

 

[Limedust]

Alabama if you fuck up and lose to LSU I'll never forgive you.

Orgeron hater?

 

[Yaboosh]

You literally skipped note 2

Note 2 is the definition of a defenseless player. It has nothing to do with the first part. It is what takes away the requirement that the contact be intitiated by the crown of the helmet. If the player is defenseless, ANY contact to their helmet is targeting.