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ESPN rules analyst Bill Lemonnier, supporting a targeting call: "Definitely defenseless player. Strong hit to the head/neck area. This shouldn't take long." After review, there was no targeting. Lemonnier then explained why the refs reached that conclusion. 🏈🦓🎙️ #CFP
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Incidental contact. Both were looking at ball and ran into each other

I was so confused the whole replay conversation, it looked clear to me like both were going for the ball and inadvertently knocked heads. They never even considered it or brought it up, even after the call. Terrible coverage

Not targeting, just two guys running opposite directions colliding head first. Defender was looking at/going for ball just like receiver.

announcers jumping the gun again lol refs nailed it

Bill Lemonnier is really making a name for himself

They would be better off asking the opinion of a dude in the last row of the upper deck who is at least a 6 pack in

Let’s be real, the rules analysts bring nothing to the game

The next time Bill Lemonier is correct it will be the first 🤦♂️

It was a clear targeting penalty then he had to spin and justify the refs call.

Let’s stop with the “rules experts”. Someone do something

He's 77 and hasn't officiated in 10 yrs

ESPN’s SEC favoritism has made this hard to watch.

He's such a fucking clown. All rules analysts are.

Will be interesting to see if Miami gets hosed. Yep confirmed

Can we just get these retired jackasses off the air? Not one fan needs an extra official guessing what the actual officials are going to call after a review. 🙄🙄

It’s like the rules ANALyst wasn’t watching the game and just said a general statement.

They tried to keep old miss in the game so hard! 😂

I hate that a player gets ejected for targeting too. Give the 15 yards. But ejected. Dumb.

This is the dumbest idea ever. And tonight might bring it to an end. Asking these guys to weigh in before the call is made is literally revealing how subjective any penalty is. End this practice immediately.

I agree with the ruling..they collided...he didn't lower his head and target the reciever. COLLEGE DOES IT BETTER THEN THE NFL. WHY IS THAT

Weather forecasters are right more than Lemonnier.

I thought the defensive player was making a play for the ball and got hit on the side of his helmet. No penalty. Rules analysts should have picked it up. Bad call in the booth.

He wasn’t that good as a Big Ten official, and that was decades ago.

Yet, the slide away from the helmet on Lucas is??? Classic officiating against Miami

He was awful. His a mouthpiece for disney and espn. He got the call to back the cheating refs publicly

I’ve always said the “rules analysts” are just referees PR team

pathetic

He was wrong on every call they asked him about lol

If the player leaves their feet to launch themselves at an opponent If the player crouches before making a tackle to create maximum force If the player leads with their helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with forcible contact the head or neck area of an opposing player If the player lowers their head before making a tackle and makes forcible contact with the crown of the helmet The defender hit first with his head he was not vertical -paragraph in bold applies -targeting

The rules official was just riding the fence……give us your opinion, but he went with the on field officials even when it was overturned when he said it was targeting at first.

This reverse call almost swung the entire game. Instead of 1st down inside the 30, and likely 6-0 or even 10-0, miami punts a few plays later and ole miss scores to go up 7-3. That’s a 10 point swing! BS to pick up the flag, and even more BS on the explanation.

He realized there was no “indicator,” whatever the shit that means. The targeting rule is a disaster and needs to be thrown in the trashcan.
