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Oklahoma's Robert Barnes Not Flagged For Potential Targeting Hit On West Virginia's Marcus SimmsOklahoma outlasted West Virginia in a 59-56 classic Big 12 shootout that likely had defensive coordinators everywhere weeping for the future of their positions. But even with all of the scoring, and general back-and-forth action, one of the biggest plays in the game came at the tail end of the first...

Report: Untrained Pac-12 Exec Was Allowed To Reverse Controversial Targeting PenaltyAccording to internal documents obtained by Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, a Pac-12 executive who is not a trained official put his thumb on the scale and personally overruled what should have been a targeting penalty. On the final play of the third quarter of Washington State’s Sep. 21 loss to USC, WSU...

Watch A Quarterback Get Ejected For TargetingHave you ever seen a quarterback ejected for targeting? Well, you’re about to....

Illinois Receiver Malik Turner Taken Off Field On Stretcher After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit

Minnesota defensive back Duke McGhee was ejected for targeting after a play that left Illinois wide receiver Malik Turner on a stretcher....

CBS's Brian Jones Rants Against Targeting Rule

Brian Jones failed out of the NFL due to injury—he even filed, and lost, a lawsuit over it—but don’t tell him that the sport of football needs rules to protect players’ long-term health. The CBS college football analyst alternately demanded players grow eyes in the back of their head or barked “KEEP...

Another Night, Another Ejection For Targeting

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Iowa Player Ejected After Nearly Decapitating Opponent

You could read this post, and watch the full video below, or you could read this essay by our pal Spencer Hall. We recommend you do the latter, instead of watching this video of Iowa’s Josey Jewell turning the brain of Miami’s Matt Merimee into oatmeal....

Steelers Move On After Winning Field Goal Set Up By Attempted Antonio Brown Assassination

Vontaze Burfict’s head shot to Antonio Brown and a subsequent penalty on Adam “Pacman” Jones earned the Steelers and a hobbled Ben Roethlisberger enough yardage to set up a game-winning field goal—one that erased what had been a stunning fourth-quarter Bengals comeback....