Targeting call would not have undone the safety

SlumpBuster · 2025-11-30T00:35:33-0600

Cornicator said:
2. The way the CBS crew reacted, I think they were shocked it wasn't reviewed. So to answer your question, I don’t believe it even went to review.

I believe they said later that the ref said it was reviewed.

Which is unbelievable to miss on replay

Adolph Coors · 2025-11-30T02:24:41-0600

alt f4 said:
For enforcement you would use the "basic spot" which is spot of the fumble.

A team cannot score if they commit a penalty.

there would be no fumble, the targeting ends the play

djw004 · 2025-11-30T07:32:46-0600

...TrueColors... said:
I seriously can’t get over how terrible this no call was.

Before anyone says it, yes I know that it didn’t lose us a game.

But this no call changed the game entirely. You go from down 8 with the ball at the 30(?) to having to get another defensive stop.

Nebraska at that point needed a quick stop on their first possession of the half and something positive to happen on the ensuing possession. They got the stop. Call the penalty and Nebraska has very attractive field position for its first drive.

Absolutely atrocious officiating that’s simply too common in this conference.

Someone needs to be held to account. I’m sure we’ll get an “I’m sorry” from the big ten office when we send this clip in. Same with the two DPIs in the end zone in the first half.

Terrible officiating crew that should be fired into the sun.

Completely agree. I believe it to be one of the more consequential no-calls I can recall.

Hotcarl · 2025-11-30T07:51:24-0600

Maybe they thought we grabbed the mask pulling it down? I still think we got shafted. Similar one yesterday during Wisconsin Minnesota that didn’t get called too, turnover and touchdown. On kekahana

Edit: on rewatch. It’s hard to stomach that Barney fumbled three times on two punt attempts, two of which were pretty much entirely on him being untouched. That play could have easily led to 7 instead of 2.

Cornicator · 2025-11-30T08:16:35-0600

PonyBoy said:
It was the only B1G game being played.

Other than that, solid post.

Pepe Silvia said:
it was on national TV and one of only 2 Big 10 games that day, as well as the only Big 10 game on at that time. I wouldn't be shocked if they took the entire day off, but there's no way this call went under the radar because they had better things to do

Still not a Tier 1 game. That's why the game drew the 3rd string CBS crew. Those guys call Mountain West games.

I'm not saying there is a viable excuse, but I've watched enough Big Ten games to know they weren't conducting the same due diligence.

I guarantee the dudes working the NY office on Saturday for Ohio State Michigan and Oregon vs USC were not the same people in there on Friday.

Keep in mind the NY review team doesn't make the final decision. It's still in the hand of the white hat. But their job is to send it down to the field. Its incredible how that never happened.

The league moved all reviews out of stadiums a few years ago because programs like Northwestern, Rutgers, and Maryland complained that the programs with larger average attendance were "swaying" the in stadium replay official too much.

Ironically, it seems like it's led to less accountability.

PonyBoy · 2025-11-30T08:38:02-0600

Cornicator said:
I'm not saying there is a viable excuse, but I've watched enough Big Ten games to know they weren't conducting the same due diligence.

I guarantee the dudes working the NY office on Saturday for Ohio State Michigan and Oregon vs USC were not the same people in there on Friday.

Keep in mind the NY review team doesn't make the final decision. It's still in the hand of the white hat. But their job is to send it down to the field. Its incredible how that never happened.

None of the above is accurate.

It's tough to take you serious when you dont even know what city, or state, the review crew is in.

Cornicator · 2025-11-30T08:43:40-0600

PonyBoy said:
None of the above is accurate.

It's tough to take you serious when you dont even know what city, or state, the review crew is in.

It's in Rosemont, Illinois And I just misstyped the difference between NY and Chicago. And everything is very accurate.

PonyBoy · 2025-11-30T08:55:49-0600

Cornicator said:
It's in Rosemont, Illinois And I just misstyped the difference between NY and Chicago. And everything is very accurate.

No, it's not.

City & state = wrong.
Different crew Friday v Saturday = wrong.
Who makes final decision = wrong.

Extremely inaccurate hyperbole is noted though.

Much easier to say, Nebraska got fucked & B1G officiating is horrendous.

alt f4 · 2025-11-30T09:09:52-0600

Adolph Coors said:
there would be no fumble, the targeting ends the play

Targeting doesn't end the play.

I slightly misspoke. The enforcement is spot of foul. That happens to be at the spot of the fumble, which is why I said spot of fumble.

There would still be a fumble and play would continue until dead. Hypothetical if Nebraska picks up the fumble in end zone and runs it back +15 from spot of foul, the targeting would be declined.

Cornicator · 2025-11-30T09:10:16-0600

PonyBoy said:
No, it's not.

City & state = wrong.
Different crew Friday v Saturday = wrong.
Who makes final decision = wrong.

Extremely inaccurate hyperbole is noted though.

Much easier to say, Nebraska got fucked & B1G officiating is horrendous.

Fair enough.

alt f4 · 2025-11-30T09:13:22-0600

Hotcarl said:
Maybe they thought we grabbed the mask pulling it down? I still think we got shafted. Similar one yesterday during Wisconsin Minnesota that didn’t get called too, turnover and touchdown. On kekahana

Edit: on rewatch. It’s hard to stomach that Barney fumbled three times on two punt attempts, two of which were pretty much entirely on him being untouched. That play could have easily led to 7 instead of 2.

I haven't seen that angle where Barney pulls facemask. That changes my opinion of targeting entirely if that happened.

This goes along with something that I've long said needs announced on these major fouls that get hep from replay. Make stadium announcement on why it wasn't called after review. They do it for intentional grounding, do it for these borderline targeting fouls. Be open and transparent real time up front instead it going viral 3 days post game.

...TrueColors... · 2025-11-30T10:21:18-0600

alt f4 said:
I haven't seen that angle where Barney pulls facemask. That changes my opinion of targeting entirely if that happened.

This goes along with something that I've long said needs announced on these major fouls that get hep from replay. Make stadium announcement on why it wasn't called after review. They do it for intentional grounding, do it for these borderline targeting fouls. Be open and transparent real time up front instead it going viral 3 days post game.

I refereed soccer for a long time. I rarely watch anymore. But when they go to VAR they’ll every once in awhile broadcast the conversation that is happening to determine what the call should be.

I saw that the ACC did this with the FSU-VA game earlier this year as well and I appreciated it bigly.

SlumpBuster · 2025-11-30T10:29:53-0600

alt f4 said:
This goes along with something that I've long said needs announced on these major fouls that get hep from replay. Make stadium announcement on why it wasn't called after review. They do it for intentional grounding, do it for these borderline targeting fouls. Be open and transparent real time up front instead it going viral 3 days post game.

I also think that the review Booth should not know the original call. Just ask them to determine if this is targeting or not and have no knowledge of whether or not it was originally called targeting. Or whatever the review is about.

As for "call stands" situations they can just come back with unable to determine for certain.

Hotcarl · 2025-11-30T12:41:37-0600

alt f4 said:
Targeting doesn't end the play.

I slightly misspoke. The enforcement is spot of foul. That happens to be at the spot of the fumble, which is why I said spot of fumble.

There would still be a fumble and play would continue until dead. Hypothetical if Nebraska picks up the fumble in end zone and runs it back +15 from spot of foul, the targeting would be declined.

Ok. So even if they called this targeting, it’s Cockeye ball. I should probably stop debating this on twitter then. Time for the ol blockeroo

HCFord1 · 2025-11-30T13:09:24-0600

Hotcarl said:
Ok. So even if they called this targeting, it’s Cockeye ball. I should probably stop debating this on twitter then. Time for the ol blockeroo

No. It would be Nebraska ball at the ~20 yard line

2010sarenevercomingback · 2025-11-30T13:18:09-0600

HCFord1 said:
No. It would be Nebraska ball at the ~20 yard line

Yeah, cliffs is basically any time a team commits a penalty, anything good that happens for them after that point can be negated. Anything bad that happens for them after that point can usually stand.

TampaBaySkers · 2025-11-30T14:41:48-0600

Hotcarl said:
Ok. So even if they called this targeting, it’s Cockeye ball. I should probably stop debating this on twitter then. Time for the ol blockeroo

Nope - targeting is what caused the fumble - was a very dirty play. Nebraska’s ball around the 30

biscuitbagger3 · 2025-11-30T15:58:17-0600

alt f4 said:
Targeting doesn't end the play.

I slightly misspoke. The enforcement is spot of foul. That happens to be at the spot of the fumble, which is why I said spot of fumble.

There would still be a fumble and play would continue until dead. Hypothetical if Nebraska picks up the fumble in end zone and runs it back +15 from spot of foul, the targeting would be declined.

No, you’d never decline a targeting for any reason. If that happened NU would still get the 15 yards tacked back on.

This is also not even possible as a team can’t advance their own fumble, NU is the reason for that rule.

SlumpBuster · 2025-11-30T20:23:14-0600

biscuitbagger3 said:
This is also not even possible as a team can’t advance their own fumble, NU is the reason for that rule.

I think that's only true if you fumble forward

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