Targeting Inconsistency

[dvdcrr]

Last night it seemed to me that Alabama was hitting hard with their heads down. I saw 3 plays where I am pretty sure a certain NU player would have been thrown out ( and has) for doing same. So my question is, Why?

Are the NC officials calling less targeting than B1G during the year ?

 

Are the NC officials instructed to "let em play" and not be a factor?

 

Is the SEC allowing more head down hitting than the B1G?

 

Is a certain team getting more scrutiny?

[NUance]

Very good question. I wondered about the same thing. A sketching targeting call may have cost us a game last year. (Iowa). I'd like to know why us, but not Bama?

[Apathy]

Our first home game against Fresno State proved to me that officials have no idea what targeting is after Chris Weber got kicked out of the game for a BS targeting call

[Landlord]

The rule is written with far too much room for interpretation, loose enforcement and grey area.

[lo country]

There were some cheap shots IMO from Bama that would've had Nate ejected. No doubt about it.

[Enhance]

I think these are two of the plays in question:

 

 

https://vine.co/v/5YnqJW7KthF

 

The first one I think is really iffy, but based on the actual definition of the rule, it could've been called. That would've been a tough call to make in real time.

 

The second link there is more egregious and should've been called targeting, imo.

[Swiv3D]

The worst part is that the replay booth can stop the play to review it, but choose not to.

[Nebfanatic]

I think these are two of the plays in question:

 

https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/818633547749662720

 

https://vine.co/v/5YnqJW7KthF

 

The first one I think is really iffy, but based on the actual definition of the rule, it could've been called. That would've been a tough call to make in real time.

 

The second link there is more egregious and should've been called targeting, imo.

agreed. That first one, could call it probably wouldn't. I think they made the right call onow that one. The second was definitely a targeting call. Although maybe they should have just thrown him out after the first one considering it was the same player (#2 Tony Brown I believe) on both tackles.

 

Edit: just kidding the first one looks like #10 but I swear #2 had another questionable hit at some point early on in the game