Can we revisit the bama player trying to kill Daniels?

I was irate.

Daniels does a bad job of sliding. I didn’t think that hit was that egregious.

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What? It was called and reviewed. But, the guy's aim was so bad he completely whiffed on the forearm shiver attempt at JD's head. The ref's explanation was funny. Basically said, "There was no targeting. The player missed."

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Well. If you miss it isn't targeting b the rules, right?

If I try to hold a guy but miss, it isn't holding.

Curious if they could have still called unsportsmanlike conduct.

I'd say launching at a player well after he's given himself up is unsportsmanlike.

It's not unnecessary roughness or targeting because the refs said he missed (still bull).

He saw Daniels sliding, then decided to launch himself headfirst. Missed with that and the forearm shiver.
He got lucky because of the refs seeking out a way to absolve the kid.

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The intent was there, but he completely missed Daniels.

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I was under the impression this was a big part of the targeting rule...then they dropped that explanation

ESPECIALLY considering he didn't launch until JD started his slide.

There isn't but they factor intent into the decision and penalty.

What a bunch of Karens. He didn't even hit Daniels.

Grow a pair.

Yeah college football needs to clean the targeting rule up and the overall spirit of it.

There are a lot of incidental, just trying to make a clean football play, where the offensive player actually leads to getting his own helmet/head hit and those defenders get thrown out of the game for making an accidental bang bang play.

Then you have a play like we had against Bama where a guy was obviously going in with sinister intentions, but since he is a shitty tackler and he happened to miss, that drew no penalty, even though his intent was to be a dirty thug piece of shite and take our QB out.