re: SEC this morning spouting the party line

So you're saying the ref and the league claim that the penalty was roughing the passer because of this:

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ou can disagree all you want but the head ref announced it as contact to the head and neck, it was called because of that not because it was late.

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But at the same time there was absolutely no reason to call for a booth review and go take a look and see if it was targeting, which is this:



"As we mentioned, if a player initiates forcible contact with the crown of the helmet, it doesn’t matter if the player is defenseless or not.

However, if a player is defenseless, you can’t initiate contact above the shoulders, even if you don’t lead with the crown.

Players are also prohibited from targeting and making forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless player with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder.

And when dealing with a defenseless player, there still needs to be at least one indicator of targeting."


So we have a by definition defenseless player, who by the referee's and the leagues own admission was roughed by being hit in the head and neck area, but we decided we didn't need to look at it for targeting???

BTW, here are your 4 Key Indicators of targeting:


"Although these are not all the indicators of targeting, here are four key ones defined by the NCAA rulebook:

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"


So the replay official or whoever decided that there was no need to look at the play was so 100% certain that Turner didn't do any of these indicators in his cursory look that he decided there was no need to stop play for a targeting review???


They were correct to call roughing the passer for contact to the head and neck. It is absolutely unfathomable in 2023 though, as evidenced by both announcers and the rules expert all wondering whether he was about to get tossed for targeting, that the game was not stopped and a full review of the play was completed. I want to see all the plays so far this year that were worse than that where the game was not stopped for a review. Something is fishy!!

frick the SEC. A bunch of cheating bastards.

You know what?? That's fine! If they had stopped the game as they should have to do a targeting review, decided it was in fact not targeting and were able to state their reasoning to back up their position, fine!

But the fact that it was a Bama player who is known for playing in the "grey areas" of the rules and they didn't even stop to take a look at it???

Stinks like week old fish

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Lets call Sean Payton to arrange a hit on Turner !

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This isn't the first time Turner has made a dirty,cheap shot on a QB. Wonder if ol' Dallas has benefited financially from any of this?

Turner is a very aggressive player.

So if Devon White played the same way we would be calling for his suspension on that call?

Call me crazy but I want guys like that on my team

I honestly don't care if its targeting or not but if a player drives a QB into the ground like that AFTER he threw the ball then they deserve to be ejected no matter where their helmet is. Hell thats apenalty in the NFL even if the QB still has the ball and it comes with a $100k fine attached.

It was a dirty play no matter how you slice it. He didn't just hit our QB on a bang bang play, he drove him into the ground with force to try and inflict the most damage he could.

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So if Devon White played the same way we would be calling for his suspension on that call?

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Some of you are literally too stupid for words.

Devin White was suspended for much, much less. Keep supporting the double standard, dumbass. The SEC loves fans like you. Useful moron.

No reason to ask for an even playing field, huh??? Everybody else in the league deserves to spot Bama a TD or two even before the game starts.