NCAA needs to fix its targeting call

That was my bitch about the Weeks call. WR was running with the ball. How is that different from a running back?

I also don’t like players being ejected after a booth review.

There should be levels, sort of like running into vs roughing the kicker.

If it wasn’t egregious enough to be called on the field, it probably doesn’t warrant an ejection

It seems like the more they refine and try to improve the rule, the worse the interpretations. Especially considering the replay aspect of it. The replay results seem worse than the on field calls many times. Too high a penalty for this unevenness of application. Officiating should keep a game fair and not affect results

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also only needs to be called when its blatant that the defender is trying to behead someone

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Flagrant 1 & 2

Also sitting out part of the next game is utter BS

Absolutely!

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That was my bitch about the Weeks call. WR was running with the ball. How is that different from a running back?

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It’s not. Neither one is a defenseless player. The returner that Chester tackled wasn’t defenseless either.

For a non-defenseless player, the rule requires the tackler a make forcible contact with the crown of the helmet, and there has to be an “indicator” of targeting (but this part is laughable because if you squint at it you can convince yourself that there’s an “indicator” on almost any tackle).

For a defenseless player - a WR making a catch, QB in his throwing motion, etc. - it just has to be forcible contact to the head or neck area (does not require contact with the crown of the helmet).

The Weeks play could certainly be called targeting by rule, but it was one of those cases where you’d really hope common sense would prevail. There was nothing malicious about the hit, the UF player just put his head down right before Weeks made contact. The Chester call doesn’t make any sense because it didn’t look like he even made contact with the crown (defined as a 6” radius from the top of the helmet).

But the real travesty in both cases is that there weren’t even flags on the field. For a replay official in Birmingham to retroactively decide to call a penalty that is not only potentially game-changing, but also a ticky-tack chickenshit call, is just ridiculous.

The carryover of targeting penalty should end
If you eject player no matter what half it ends after that game

NCAA needs to die, and will by 2030.