Meanwhile.... on targeting rule

[GriznMN]

This is similar to my earlier question. Why don't defenders get negative yardage after intercepting a pass on 4th down and not getting back to the line of scrimmage.

Because once the defender intercepts the ball, it's a change of possession and the defense becomes the offense and the offense becomes the defense. The yard line of the interception is the start of the new offensive drive. The line of scrimmage is the old starting line for the opponent's offensive possession.

 

[alabamagrizzly]

Because once the defender intercepts the ball, it's a change of possession and the defense becomes the offense and the offense becomes the defense. The yard line of the interception is the start of the new offensive drive. The line of scrimmage is the old starting line for the opponent's offensive possession.

Its was mostly a facetious hypothetical but thank you for the response as if I knew nothing about football, I appreciate that.

 

[Griz in Texas]

one thing about targeting that seems unfair is that offensive players, especially running backs, use their helmets as weapons with impunity. if it's illegal for the defense, shouldn't the same rules apply to the offense? i know it's been called on offensive players before, but not often.

It is illegal, it just hardly gets called. I have only seen one call against the offensive player called and it was a game this year, don't remember the teams, however.

What I get tired of seeing is a hit like we saw on Dowler in the playoff game where the defensive player is coming in low and the offensive player lowers further, into the hit, and it draws a flag. Further, he then acted like he was knocked out and that, IMO, further swayed the decision to call targeting on Harper. Then he goes to the sideline and I don't think he even went in to be looked at, b/c he was back in the game two plays later and we were just supposed to accept that the hit was dirty and instead of a fourth down stop we had a big momentum shift that probably decided the outcome of that game and a national championship.

Too big a call there to just say that is targeting on a quick review, but the offensive players are being coached to do all of this.

 

[Griz Addict]

What needs to happen is banning the hip drop tackle at the college level. If its banned in the NFL, why the hell is it still legal in college?

 

[Blgs Griz Fan]

It is illegal, it just hardly gets called. I have only seen one call against the offensive player called and it was a game this year, don't remember the teams, however.

What I get tired of seeing is a hit like we saw on Dowler in the playoff game where the defensive player is coming in low and the offensive player lowers further, into the hit, and it draws a flag. Further, he then acted like he was knocked out and that, IMO, further swayed the decision to call targeting on Harper. Then he goes to the sideline and I don't think he even went in to be looked at, b/c he was back in the game two plays later and we were just supposed to accept that the hit was dirty and instead of a fourth down stop we had a big momentum shift that probably decided the outcome of that game and a national championship.

Too big a call there to just say that is targeting on a quick review, but the offensive players are being coached to do all of this.

Maclean aka Taco Dowler must be a drama major. I thought it was odd to see him laughing on the sideline after that call.