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It looks like he intentionally lead with his helmet on a defenseless player

I like that targeting call since he did lead with his helmet against a defenseless player. The officials need to be more aggressive and eject players for all levels of targeting. The goal with these targeting calls shoudl be to protect the noggin of the tackler and the tackled player. There are a lot of head injuries associated with collision sports and the sport should try to lessen the risk of head injuries. I linked an article below with video of the hit for those who didn't see the game. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41152488... From the article: The NCAA defines a defenseless player as follows: A player attempting to catch a forward or backward pass, or a player who has completed the catch but hasn't had ample time to protect themselves or hasn't clearly become the ball carrier yet
Posted: 09/21/2025 at 08:37 AM ET
(In response to this post by Hokies2023)

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They really need different levels of targeting in college football.
Hokies2023 09/21/25 12:03 AM ET
I miss the days when there was none of this “targeting” nonsense.
GSOHokie01 09/21/25 10:16 AM ET
So I guess CTE is just fake news?**
VT ChemE 1986 09/21/25 10:41 AM ET
And? How about broken teeth in hockey, blown out elbows in baseball,
GSOHokie01 09/21/25 02:23 PM ET
Wow! You think life threatening, irreparable brain damage is equivalent to
VT ChemE 1986 09/21/25 03:07 PM ET
Obviously a flaming jackass.
GSOHokie01 09/21/25 06:31 PM ET
You don’t need targeting rules if you stop making passing so easy.
marcbvtgm 09/21/25 06:24 PM ET
It looks like he intentionally lead with his helmet on a defenseless player
Flanker 09/21/25 08:37 AM ET
Compare that to the non targeting call against uSC-E in the mizzou
RRHokie90 09/21/25 07:19 AM ET
My question is when a defensive player has committed his path to the
MCL3 Hokie 09/21/25 01:26 PM ET
Your question is totally legit, considered by some refs but not others...
RRHokie90 09/21/25 03:25 PM ET
That should have been targeting.
Flanker 09/21/25 08:44 AM ET
I think he started to lead with the crown
crazylane 09/21/25 01:08 PM ET
I think that call was right
Hokie1992 09/21/25 08:26 AM ET
That one made zero sense to me. Lowered his head to his him on the temple.**
CPVT3 09/21/25 08:19 AM ET