ACC head of officials on targeting rule: Clowney would have been ejected for Michigan hit:
At the tail end of a lively presentation and debate on new regulations on existing penalties for illegal hits, ACC coordinator of football officials Doug Rhoads raised a few eyebrows.
The final question from assembled media was point-blank: would Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina’s superstar defensive end, been flagged and ? under the new rules ? ejected from the Outback Bowl for his famous helmet-flying hit of Michigan tailback Vincent Smith?
This ticks me off:
So who are defenseless players? Those have long been defined as players in the act of or just completing a pass, punt or kick; players focusing on catching a pass, punt or kick return; players on the ground at the end of a play; and players clearly out of bounds.
New rules in 2013 add the following three individuals to the list: a player who takes a blind-side block; a ball carrier in the grasp of other tacklers; or a quarterback any time after a change of possession. The last addition could be in response to the SEC championship game, in which following an interception, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray was leveled unsuspectingly by Alabama defensive tackle Quinton Dial, when Murray was making no attempt to tackle the returner.
So if the same thing were to happen this year Michigan prob wins that game? That’s BS that was a good hit his face mask hit the running backs facemask and knocked his helmet off . Does this mean Clemson can hand the ball to a 125lb kid and get clowney thrown out for blowing him up??? Or should jc just walk up and help ball carriers fall down so they don’t get hurt lol
What a puss, that was a clean hit. Dude needs to get a new job, football ain’t his game.
Mark
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Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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I know we don’t want to see anyone hurt but you have to let them play the game.
Assuming it was a bad hit, does anyone think it was intentional. It happened so fast I bet most people had to watch it several time to really see what happened.
That ACC guy is a puss
It was a clean hit. It is interesting to note that that hit won an ESPY for best hit and I did not hear anyone talk about it being a bad hit. But in the All Cup Cake conference it would mean ejection. (I couldn’t resist).
so the rules change but you still get to cast judgement on something in the past…hindsight…don’t know why the guy even bothered with making that statement…
You do realize the question was “under the new rules, would Clowney have been ejected?”, right? It was a hypothetical question, not his opinion of the hit at the time. Like the new rules or not, the hit won’t be legal this year, but don’t let the facts get in the way of a good rival bashing.
It was the ACC’s officials in the Michigan vs South Carolina bowl game. I think the ACC needs to school the officials on 10 yards being a first down not 9 and 3/4 yards. When the ACC learns what a first down is …then they can progress to so called illegal hits.
