No. 3 TCU defeated the No. 2 Michigan 51-45 in a College Football Playoff semifinal game on Saturday in Glendale, Ariz., but not without controversy.
Fast forward to late in the fourth-quarter, the Wolverines were down by six points and needed to drive down the field to win the game. On fourth-down with 35 seconds left in the game, the snap was mishandled and led to multiple wild laterals with Michigan eventually being stopped short of the first down.
But the officials went to a targeting review which showed TCU cornerback Kee’Yon Stewart coming in to make a hard hit against Colston Loveland. Roman Wilson was ruled down inside the 1-yard line, overturning what would have been a second-quarter touchdown for Michigan.The NCAA rulebook’s rule 9, section 1, articles 3 and 4 define targeting as “taking aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball.” It also specifies, “no player shall target and make forcible contact against an opponent with the crown of his helmet.
Though it looks like Stewart lowered the helmet, it is up for interpretation whether or not the hit went “beyond” making a legal tackle. The referees decided no targeting.
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