Come on now, I played football. Don’t make believe you don’t understand what I’m saying when I talk about tackling. I’m not talking about a tally in a statistical column, I’m talking about wrapping the ball carrier up and taking him to the ground. Fact of. The matter is that by going for the hit to drive him out of bounds instead of wrapping him up he got himself kicked out of the game.
Do you folks ever simply enjoy the game and not obsess about officiating?
I don't believe he was targeting, but it was close enough that I can live with it. I was only able to listen to the game at that point, but when the announcers said the Wisconsin crowd wanted it I was pretty sure they'd get it. I was reminded of the story about how the Immaculate Reception supposedly stood because the Steelers couldn't guarantee the official's safety. No doubt the crowd influenced this call a bit. I really thought it was going to lead to a Wisconsin win, as a targeting call can be deflating. I still believe the start of Ohio State's woodshed loss to Iowa in 2017 can be traced back to the ejection of Nick Boss on a targeting call. This one came at a critical time in the game and felt like it could have caused our D to pack it in. The fact that they didn't leads me to think this team has a chance to be special.
Not nitpicking but per stated rule ' takes aim at an opponent for the purposes of attacking with forcible contact with the crown of the helmet.'
My beef is that this may affect Penn State's aggressiveness on defense, while others, particularly OSU will continue with their overly aggressive ways. The play that keeps coming to mind was the one where nobody on OSU's defense could keep up with KJ Hamler and one of their players took the liberty to pile on as he was going down and knock him out of the game...was a grey area play, but had implications. This one as well. I just hope Penn State pushes this up the ladder and gets conclusive why this one and will it be called reasonably consistently in the future. The refs have instant replay from multiple angles, which should make things better and easier...but doesn't seem so.
Smith doesn’t even know you’re allowed to use your arms to tackle. It’s hard to watch as they don’t even attack the ball. The throw to the TE that setup UW’s TD easily could have been poked out had he even attempted going for the ball. This call was on Brooks questionable, but had he gone low and wrapped like you said, he’s not ejected.
Typical Buckeye. Apparently the joke was so sophisticated that it went right over your head. You need to stick to coloring books.
It's THIS. I watched the OSU game too and the dude smoked the bloke. He was lights out. For me to appreciate/understand/accept this rule, I need to know why THAT play wasn't targeting in the OSU game.
You should learn to enjoy the game and not obsess. The fact is football is a very physical game and efforts to curb it are going to be spotty unless you simply want to go with flag football. Life is too short with or without coloring books, OSU and officials. Try to enjoy it.
Disagreeing with officiating is simply part of taking in a game. Believing the officials are conspiring against your team is another matter.
Some teams have to be concerned about how the officials will apply the rules of the game. Some of us want to better understand those rules so the we know how they will be applied when our team is playing. We don't have the luxury to know that our team needn't worry that the officials will protect our team regardless of the rules.
You’d be singing a different tune if your player was assessed a targeting penalty and had to miss the first half of next week’s critical game. The OSU hit was clearly more a targeting foul, and for some unknown reason, it was not called. PSU fans simply like to point out the incompetence and how often biased the Big 10 officials are week after week.
Seems as reasonable as finding enjoyment from going to another school’s message board to lecture them on how to enjoy their team’s games. To each their own, I suppose.
Good point up to a point. Sometimes though you need a different perspective or you get in a rut. That said, your rut is your business.
Franklin County Community College is offering degrees in message board counseling?
And it appears everyone else's rut is your business, go back to sucking bucknuts, Nberg!!!
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Coyle should have had Warren in his boxIt's all good now, the B1G admitted their mistake.....4 days after it matters.
Big Ten Admitted Incorrect Call In Minnesota vs. Ohio State
Minnesota fans were right. The Big Ten admitted on Tuesday it made a major officiating error in the Gophers' season opener versus Ohio State. In the fourth
It's all good now, the B1G admitted their mistake.....4 days after it matters.
Big Ten Admitted Incorrect Call In Minnesota vs. Ohio State
Minnesota fans were right. The Big Ten admitted on Tuesday it made a major officiating error in the Gophers' season opener versus Ohio State. In the fourth
You know why it looks like targeting? Because it is targeting. The call was correct, it's on Brooks.
This is where I have some issues as well. Ignoring the penalty itself, why wasn't it looked at on replay until UW took a timeout? In real time it looked suspect enough to review. I even told the people I was watching with that it might be targeting within a second of it happening. UW did get the TO back too, which only gives me more questions. If the only reason it was reviewed was because the TO gave them extra time to look at it, then shouldn't they still lose the TO? I don't believe it was a challenge situation where you get to keep the challenge when you're right. I wasn't aware of any rules or precedent that says if you call a TO because you hope that leads to replay getting more time to review a call you eventually get the TO back if you happen to be correct. I suspect the "official" stance from the Big 10 office on this would be that the TO had no impact on the replay and that it was initiated prior to UW's taking the TO hence the reason they didn't lose the TO. But that sure didn't seem to be the case when watching it live.
