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Shoulder pads or helmet... doesn't matter. He still launched himself at the other players head which knocked him out of the game. The goal shouldn't be to kill someone just so you can win the game. It was a dirty, cheap shot and he should have been penalized.
I'm far from a stickler for the rules, but that was textbook targeting and should have been called.
Refs swallowed the whistle because they didn't want to reward Michigan with a shit awful play.