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Flipped over to ESPN and caught Clemson vs Alabama Natty game on.

I have seen 2 targeting calls ( if today’s rules apply) just in 3rd quarter, that would be ejections. Both by defensive stars.

Boulware & Foster

Interesting, to reflect on old games and see the leading with helmet, I guess I kinda see why they trying to clean that up

The reason the newer targeting rules are crappy is that the Refs could have simply enforced the "spearing rules" which have been on the books for at least 70 years

Refs for some idiotic reason stopped calling spearing and now we have these new targeting rules that also punish "crown-of-the-shoulder-pad-contact" that is delivered above the waist and to the ball carrier's numbers which had been legal contact and clean football forever, but now since it is violent contact it has been made illegal, not because it is dirty, it has been made illegal due to its effectiveness & violence

I'm confused as to why not just tell the Officials to simply call spearing when the defender leads with the crown of the helmet, instead they have gone too far and are now penalizing defenders leading with the crown of the shoulder pad - which had been "clean FB" since the game was created

Just my opinion