@SupakBrian @BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis Launching is 1 of 4 possible indications but the one that pertains to this scenario is the 3rd bullet like I said earlier “leading with the helmet” which shows that it was indeed a textbook targeting call but you’re right in saying nothing will change I’m simply stating a fact.
@ChasingKensho@bgarbs92@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis They’ll get aggressive again soon, somebody just has to throw the Michigan game final score up on the video board and that’ll get em going. If they lose this my wife’s family is gonna kick my ass for jinxing it lol
@Kessol@BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis Ahhhhh so you’ve resorted to trying to insult me, that only lets me know I’ve won this argument. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk and have a great day.
@Kessol@BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis If you don’t attack in football then you’re just standing still big dawg. LBs attack gaps, linemen attack each other, the offense is literally “on attack”. It’s literally just the forcible contact to the head they want to get rid of.
@SupakBrian @BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis It says a player takes aim at an opponent. Last I checked he did aim at an opponent before leading into contact with his helmet. And no flag football necessary I played football before all this targeting bullshit, it was a lot more fun back then as a defender.
@ChasingKensho@bgarbs92@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis Yeah I don’t like the rule and I definitely don’t like how inconsistent it is between officials. Unfortunately we’ve seen it called for a lot less than what happened on that play. Gundy plays conservative too but with a minor lead, just run up the score until the final whistle
@ChasingKensho@bgarbs92@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis That is the one that mattered you are correct, and you are perfectly entitled to your opinion I’m simply stating per the rule itself it should have been called. At the same time ASU should’ve stopped Texas on 4th down in OT so they missed their own opportunity for the W
@Kessol@BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis No they’re trying to get rid of forcible contact to the head. Everything is ok if you don’t take somebody’s head off their shoulders. Minor contact to the head is even ok. You can destroy somebody if you hit them in the body just stay away from the head.
@ChasingKensho@bgarbs92@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis If he would’ve lowered his body this wouldn’t be a discussion. Per the rules forcible contact to the head of the defenseless player by the opposing players helmet in this video is textbook targeting. Expert analyst and just about every other expert agrees. Idk what to tell ya
@Kessol@BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis Forcible contact is what deems it as a penalty, every tackle is an attack. If their facemasks just barely touched id understand it but when the defenseless players head gets sent back and his mouthpiece flys out id say its pretty forcible contact.
@treeRockSand @SupakBrian @BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis He was never going for the ball dawg lol I’ll say the rule is dumb and leaves too much for speculation especially when we always see it called or not called for the same exact plays. All I’m saying is per the rule that he posted it should have been called targeting.
@treeRockSand @SupakBrian @BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis The first thing that made contact was his helmet to the defenseless players helmet with forcible contact. Facemask is still part of the helmet and yes I agree more dangerous plays aren’t called but at the same time less dangerous plays than that play have been called.
@bgarbs92@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis The dudes head whipped back and his mouthpiece went flying out of his mouth. I’d say it was pretty forceful my guy lol
@treeRockSand @SupakBrian @BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis I’m expecting them to make a form tackle per the rules. When I was taught tackling it was lower yourself, head and eyes up, attack the core, drive the legs. I’m not a fan of the rule and didn’t make it but if it’s there you gotta call it
@SupakBrian @BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis Brother….the video is right there. If the helmet is the first thing that hits a defenseless player then that would be leading with the helmet.
@BarnhartIII@nathan_simmons3@ClayTravis Go ahead and read that 3rd bullet again and show me where it says “crown” or “top” of the helmet. It doesn’t, it says “helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow”