re: Terrible targeting call in Stanford-UCLA

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Omg who lowers his head to initiate the hit. He hit him with the crown

It doesn't matter where he hits him if hits with crown

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He wasn't targeting the ball carriers head though. He was leading with his shoulder and the helmet to helmet contact occurred because the OFFENSIVE player initiated it by lowering HIS head.

The defender was making a legal tackle.

The OFFENSIVE player initiated the hit to the helmet, not the defender.

If we are going to call this bull shite in the "name of safety", then offensive players should be called for it too.