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Really?  This is the story you're going with?  These Pac-12 refs are an absolute joke.  They would prefer to make the discussion about what constitutes the "top of the helmet" (at what point does the front of the helmet become the top of the helmet, at 45 degrees? 30 degrees?), instead of sending a clear message about player safety and health.  Goodman made NO effort to actually tackle.  He did not aim for the ball with his helmet.  He crouched and aimed upward with arms tucked into his body.  You cannot make any argument that he was doing anything other than aiming at Owusu's head.  There is only one reason to aim at another's player's head and that is to injure that player so he cannot return to the game. 

The release says, "Going forward, and in line with Coach David Shaw's concerns about this play, we expect additional discussion around the targeting rule during the offseason review process and will be an active participant in discussions to further reduce helmet to helmet contact."  These guys are idiots. They want to wait until the offseason to address this, another 9-10 games.  There was no remorse on Goodman's part as evidenced by the way he pranced after the hit.  By not penalizing Goodman, he continued to take shots at the heads of other Stanford players in the very same game.  Why wait?  Reduce helmet to helmet contact now.  Show some damn leadership.

Would there have been outrage if they had simply said we missed this call?  Even most UCLA fans agree that this should have been targeting.  The rule itself says "When in question it is a foul".  The Pac-12 refs are in question, and they are indeed foul.

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Really?  This is the story you're going with?  These Pac-12 refs are an absolute joke.  They would prefer to make the discussion about what constitutes the "top of the helmet" (at what point does the front of the helmet become the top of the helmet, at 45 degrees? 30 degrees?), instead of sending a clear message about player safety and health.  Goodman made NO effort to actually tackle.  He did not aim for the ball with his helmet.  He crouched and aimed upward with arms tucked into his body.  You cannot make any argument that he was doing anything other than aiming at Owusu's head.  There is only one reason to aim at another's player's head and that is to injure that player so he cannot return to the game. 

The release says, "Going forward, and in line with Coach David Shaw's concerns about this play, we expect additional discussion around the targeting rule during the offseason review process and will be an active participant in discussions to further reduce helmet to helmet contact."  These guys are idiots. They want to wait until the offseason to address this, another 9-10 games.  There was no remorse on Goodman's part as evidenced by the way he pranced after the hit.  By not penalizing Goodman, he continued to take shots at the heads of other Stanford players in the very same game.  Why wait?  Reduce helmet to helmet contact now.  Show some damn leadership.

Would there have been outrage if they had simply said we missed this call?  Even most UCLA fans agree that this should have been targeting.  The rule itself says "When in question it is a foul".  The Pac-12 refs are in question, and they are indeed foul.