Game Thread: Appalachian State Mountaineers at Tennessee Volunteers | 9/1 on SECN @ 7:30 PM ET

[tabascojet]

Targeting

 

[ktg8trgrl]

well crap don't like to see that

 

[4down20]

I don't think it was interference or targeting. How the fuck you supposed to tackle somebody that's damn near sitting on the ground without hitting them high?

Yeah it's bullshit.

 

[DHoey]

Clifton Duck will be a pro

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Thuggin it up again

 

[Olyduck]

easily targeting

 

[4down20]

Runners are not defenseless and this guy was not defenseless either. They give him the option for a fair catch for defense.

Bullshit call IMO.

 

[tabascojet]

come on VANDYPANTS!

How did you fare today?

 

[ktg8trgrl]

The receiver should've definitely called for the fair catch tho

 

[UNA Lion]

Guess by-rule, it's targeting.

Change the rule.

 

[Olyduck]

I don't think it was interference or targeting. How the fuck you supposed to tackle somebody that's damn near sitting on the ground without hitting them high?

Thats the point. if they are down, you arent supposed to tackle them and no matter what you arent supposed to come diving in like a missile with your helmet leading the way.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I still say an ejection is fucking excessive. This is FOOTBALL!! Give them a 15 yarder or sit them a quarter, but an ejection for that is complete bullshit. It's a fucking physical game, there is contact, bodies in motion. Shitty rule and penalty. I hate it.

 

[trojanfight]

So you get to madden big hit in the head every returner who doesn't call for fair catch?

 

[4down20]

Thats the point. if they are down, you arent supposed to tackle them and no matter what you arent supposed to come diving in like a missile with your helmet leading the way.

He had the option to call for a fair catch.

It's his own damn fault. He chose not to use the defense given to him. All the other guy did was make a tackle.

 

[4down20]

So you get to madden big hit in the head every returner who doesn't call for fair catch?

Fuck yes.

 

[bamabear82]

Runners are not defenseless and this guy was not defenseless either. They give him the option for a fair catch for defense.

Bullshit call IMO.

That's where I'm at. He had about 2 yards of space when he caught it and didn't call a fair catch. Bad decision that'll get your fucking head knocked off but I don't think it should have been penalized. It would have impossible to not hit him high at that point imo.

 

[ktg8trgrl]

How did you fare today?

a 2 second gust of wind and a 5 minute sprinkle so far.. it's really kicking our butts right here... on a side note.. Neither one of my cats will leave my side today.. i wonder if they know something i don't

 

[ralphiewvu]

Bullshit call for bullshit rule

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

So you get to madden big hit in the head every returner who doesn't call for fair catch?

no, but the guy was squatting. What are you suppose to do, let him recover get up to his feet and run first? It's fucking football. This is a shitty rule. has been and will be until they change this ejection shit.

 

[Olyduck]

He had the option to call for a fair catch.

It's his own damn fault. He chose not to use the defense given to him. All the other guy did was make a tackle.

on a guy whose knee was down. and for the leading tackler he should know not to lead with the helmet.