2015 College Football Season

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

The win renewed my hopes for Mike Riley and his staff.

Classic Mike Riley, just enough to make you believe. Don't worry your soul will be crushed next year.

[Paperback Writer]

On a related note, I think I just witnessed the worst targeting call in the history of tackle football in the Neb-UCLA game.

Yeah that was pretty bad.

One knows it's pretty bad when the opposing coach agrees...
"I've seen a lot of good football plays and I thought that was a very good football play," UCLA coach Jim Mora said, "I was stunned that he got thrown out of the game, quite frankly."

[Jeff Lebowski]

Just watched the replay. Yikes, what a horrible call.

[All-American]

Just watched the replay. Yikes, what a horrible call.

I feel like I've seen worse, but yes, that should have been a no-call. We've swung the pendulum too far in the other direction now.

[Omaha 680]

I feel like I've seen worse, but yes, that should have been a no-call. We've swung the pendulum too far in the other direction now.

I'm not sure how you solve it. If officials miss a legitimate targeting call, they will probably receive a bad rating or worse get suspended. So they are being very conservative to protect themselves. I can't say for sure I would behave differently.

[BigFatMeanie]

I'm not sure how you solve it. If officials miss a legitimate targeting call, they will probably receive a bad rating or worse get suspended. So they are being very conservative to protect themselves. I can't say for sure I would behave differently.

But all targeting calls are reviewed. So far this year in CFB, the review seems to be nothing more than a rubber stamp of the on-the-field call. Nobody is really blaming the on-the-field refs for throwing the targeting flag in doubt, it's the seeming inability to change their minds on review that has everyone baffled.

[Jeff Lebowski]

But all targeting calls are reviewed. So far this year in CFB, the review seems to be nothing more than a rubber stamp of the on-the-field call. Nobody is really blaming the on-the-field refs for throwing the targeting flag in doubt, it's the seeming inability to change their minds on review that has everyone baffled.

Exactly.

[il Padrino Ute]

Seeing highlights, the worst call was the FG the officials said was no good during OT in the Indiana/Duke game. The camera under the posts showed that there is no doubt the kick was good.

[CardiacCoug]

But all targeting calls are reviewed. So far this year in CFB, the review seems to be nothing more than a rubber stamp of the on-the-field call. Nobody is really blaming the on-the-field refs for throwing the targeting flag in doubt, it's the seeming inability to change their minds on review that has everyone baffled.

I think that poor Nebraska kid missed another game with a questionable targeting call too -- sucks for him.

Definitely a bad call and I agree seems like exactly the type of call a review should overturn because it showed the angle that the guy turned his head and led with the shoulder, didn't launch himself into the receiver, etc.

[Omaha 680]

But all targeting calls are reviewed. So far this year in CFB, the review seems to be nothing more than a rubber stamp of the on-the-field call. Nobody is really blaming the on-the-field refs for throwing the targeting flag in doubt, it's the seeming inability to change their minds on review that has everyone baffled.

Right. I'm talking about performance reviews by the conferences. So it appears to me that the booth officials are just as fearful of overturning a targeting call as the on-field officials are of missing a targeting call. I don't see it getting better because no conference is going to tell their officials to call the targeting rule less stringently and protect them when they do in the current environment.

[All-American]

Seeing highlights, the worst call was the FG the officials said was no good during OT in the Indiana/Duke game. The camera under the posts showed that there is no doubt the kick was good.

I saw that camera angle. I very much doubted the kick was good. In fact, I suspect it was not.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I agree with AA I thought the FG was no good.

[Donuthole]

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Seeing highlights, the worst call was the FG the officials said was no good during OT in the Indiana/Duke game. The camera under the posts showed that there is no doubt the kick was good.

You're overstating your point for emphasis, right? Because I can see thinking the kick might have been good, or was even probably good. But if you really think the underneath angle leaves no doubt, I'm left with no choice but to question your vision, spacial skills, and/or intelligence.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I think that poor Nebraska kid missed another game with a questionable targeting call too -- sucks for him.

Definitely a bad call and I agree seems like exactly the type of call a review should overturn because it showed the angle that the guy turned his head and led with the shoulder, didn't launch himself into the receiver, etc.

The only silver lining in this entire fiasco is that it happened to a Nebraska player.

[Omaha 680]

The only silver lining in this entire fiasco is that it happened to a Nebraska player.