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You don’t need targeting rules if you stop making passing so easy.
If the powers that be would tighten up on the easy passing rules which actually encourage defenses to converge at the few places on the field where the ball is likely to go - because they’ve been so neutered otherwise - you would have fewer concussion type collisions.
But that would mean less offense and scoring - and there ain’t no way they’re going to do that.
But please stop the sanctimony with these rules as though they’re only possibility for reducing head injuries. All they really are is insurance from lawsuits.
** Edited by marcbvtgm at 9/21/2025, 6:27:48 PM
Thread Replies (14)
They really need different levels of targeting in college football.
-- Hokies2023
Sep 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM ET
Hokies2023
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09/21/25 12:03 AM ET
I miss the days when there was none of this “targeting” nonsense.
-- GSOHokie01
Sep 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM ET
GSOHokie01
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09/21/25 10:16 AM ET
So I guess CTE is just fake news?**
-- VT ChemE 1986
Sep 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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09/21/25 10:41 AM ET
And? How about broken teeth in hockey, blown out elbows in baseball,
-- GSOHokie01
Sep 21, 2025 at 02:23 PM ET
GSOHokie01
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09/21/25 02:23 PM ET
Wow! You think life threatening, irreparable brain damage is equivalent to
-- VT ChemE 1986
Sep 21, 2025 at 03:07 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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09/21/25 03:07 PM ET
Obviously a flaming jackass.
-- GSOHokie01
Sep 21, 2025 at 06:31 PM ET
GSOHokie01
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09/21/25 06:31 PM ET
You don’t need targeting rules if you stop making passing so easy.
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-- marcbvtgm
Sep 21, 2025 at 06:24 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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09/21/25 06:24 PM ET
It looks like he intentionally lead with his helmet on a defenseless player
-- Flanker
Sep 21, 2025 at 08:37 AM ET
Flanker
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09/21/25 08:37 AM ET
Compare that to the non targeting call against uSC-E in the mizzou
-- RRHokie90
Sep 21, 2025 at 07:19 AM ET
RRHokie90
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09/21/25 07:19 AM ET
My question is when a defensive player has committed his path to the
-- MCL3 Hokie
Sep 21, 2025 at 01:26 PM ET
MCL3 Hokie
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09/21/25 01:26 PM ET
Your question is totally legit, considered by some refs but not others...
-- RRHokie90
Sep 21, 2025 at 03:25 PM ET
RRHokie90
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09/21/25 03:25 PM ET
That should have been targeting.
-- Flanker
Sep 21, 2025 at 08:44 AM ET
Flanker
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09/21/25 08:44 AM ET
I think he started to lead with the crown
-- crazylane
Sep 21, 2025 at 01:08 PM ET
crazylane
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09/21/25 01:08 PM ET
I think that call was right
-- Hokie1992
Sep 21, 2025 at 08:26 AM ET
Hokie1992
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09/21/25 08:26 AM ET
That one made zero sense to me. Lowered his head to his him on the temple.**
-- CPVT3
Sep 21, 2025 at 08:19 AM ET
CPVT3
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09/21/25 08:19 AM ET