Per 2022 rule clarificationVrede too wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:46 pmShoulder to shoulder first? Definitely not the crown of the helmet. Idk, I'd want all angles and slo-mo. The "expert" analyst thinks it wasn't targeting.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:02 pmWere the officials sec? This replay looks more like a sec call, although the officials aren't recognizable to me.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... concussion
It sure looks like helmet to helmet targeting that left the Ohio player with a concussion.
Also I wasn't aware that they could reverse a personal foul.
So, instead of 1st down at the 2, it's 4th down and long.
Ohio State would have had 4 more points and Georgia would have lost....
If there's another simultaneous foul like roughing the passer or hit out of bounds, which it was close to, that personal foul is not reviewable and stands. However, since targeting has such a severe penalty it is reviewable and is thus reversible.
If Ohio State gets that TD at the end of the 3rd, the 4th likely would have been played different. It might have flipped the winner, or not.
"Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player
ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting. When in question, it is a foul. ...
Note 1: "Targeting" means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball."
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-fo ... j7bcseti5d
Sorry, I'm from the sec. We've had entire crews suspended for fixing games.
He was defenseless
Their helmets met
He left with a concussion
One bad call is the only thing that kept UGA in the game.