WestGA'Cane
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It was the shoulder that contacted the Texas receiver, and according to the letter of the law you cited, was forcible contact to a defenseless player. Problem is that football is played at a break neck speed with collisions inherent. The rule, unfortunately, needs to be INTERPRETED on a case-by-case basis with a grain of common sense. Not to be a jerk, but people who haven't played don't have a clue.Targeting is forcible contact (by helmet, elbow, shoulder, arm, etc) to the head or neck of a defenseless player.
That was a helmet to helmet hit on a defenseless player.
You might not like the rule, but that is targeting by rule.
And that rule would 1000% have been enforced if the colors were switched.
The earlier hit on the UT WR was not targeting because it was the chest of the defender that contacted the UT receiver’s helmet.