re: Dallas Turner hit checked every targeting box except one

I have said before, Idgaf if it was targeting or not, when you drive an opposing QB into the ground like that, you deserve to be ejected.

I would say the majority of targeting ejections are the result of circumstance with zero malicious intent. Just mistakes or errors due to a moving target.

Driving a QB into the ground the way that dirty MFer did wasn't a mistake, it was done on purpose to inflict the most damage that he could.

If we are all for player's safety, that hit needs to be punished just as strongly as targeting, if not stronger.

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Only reason the game was stopped was because Daniels was flat on the ground and couldn’t get up

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Yes. Not sure what your point is.

Drove him into the ground with the full weight of his body. Check.

Did anyone see a mark off of 15 yards for personal foul? Ball stayed on the 35.

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It's about player saftey in the future.

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Exactly and setting precedence on the ruling.

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Why does it matter if it was targeting or not. It didn’t really change anything besides him staying in the game after we had no shot

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::sigh::

Again, it matters because I want JD (and everyone else) to be able to continue playing the game I love to watch. The rule was put in place for player safety, and failing to enforce it only rewards the bad behavior it was designed to prevent.

Almost nobody is arguing that calling or not calling targeting affected the outcome of the game. No, it's that our QB was a leading contender for the Heisman and the main reason we were even competitive against Bama...

...and a (proven) dirty player took him out, without personal and/or team repercussion beyond a 15 yard penalty.

Failing to toss Turner from the game simply lowers any inhibition he might have in future games where he has the chance to annihilate a QB instead of simply playing hard and winning on talent instead of thuggishness.

If that's hard to understand, I don't know what else to tell you.

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If LSU was in contention for the NC or playoffs, we get that call. Daniel’s is expendable now that LSU isn’t playing for anything of SEC value anymore.

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Until we lost that game, both possibilities were in play. Logshots? Maybe, but I'll simply point you back to 2007 for an example of what mayhem at the end of the season can do to the rankings.

So, I respectfully disagree with your assertion.

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Ball stayed on the 35.

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lol it did not, and it was never on the 35. first play out of a touchback, ball was on the 25. Nuss came in with the ball on the 40.

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This wasn’t a miss. The game was stopped for minutes. It wasn’t overlooked. They reviewed and decided not to apply the rule.

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BINGO!!

Forcible contact is in question. It is different than the force typically needed to tackle. And it is subjective. I read the rule last night and was wondering how to apply the “different than normal force”.