Apologies for being a bit lazy, but I've been really busy the past few days and couldn't easily find any postings on the matter. Is Weaver slated to sit the 1H against VT for that outrageously egregious ejection? Is/can Pitt protest it w/ the ACC? Thank you for any insights.
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It was Jones, not Weaver. And it doesn’t carry over since it happened in the 1st half. If it was the second half he’d have to sit.
Wow. Okay - that's the issue w/ watching in the bar. Thanks for clarifying! Good news on both counts.
I cant believe they actually reviewed it, and they still called it. He clearly hit the QB first in the shoulder... the same QB that a few plays before got out of a sack and ran for a first down.
This is going to be the problem with this rule and others like it.
The shoulder and head are really close together and some officials will slide down the slippery slope and call it and others won't.
I'm with the "won'ts "/ no call.
It should be an obvious direct head to head hit, not a bounce off or slide off the shoulder hit to the head.
The other train wreck waiting to happen rule is the try to avoid falling on the QB while you're sacking him.
I believe I saw a similar problem in the Steelers - Ravens game against a Raven defender which I thought should have been a no call.
A no call is better than a bad call in these situations with the new protection rules.
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Very amateurish officiating. Nothing called on the field so the booth initiated the replay. That wasn’t even a personal foul, much less targeting. I think the announcers said he would have to sit the first half next week but I have no idea if they know what they are talking about.
I believe Jones has to sit out one full game. A half game was played last week with VA(2nd half) and I believe he has to sit out the first half of the VT game to fulfill the one game suspension.
Just did a little Google research on the subject. It would appear that Jones only had to sit out the 2nd half of the VA game. Had the infraction occurred in the 2nd half of last weeks game he would have to sit out the remainder of the half and the first half of the VT this week. It looks like Pitt should able to use him for the entire VT game. IMO that's very good news for Pitt since he definitely can get pressure on the QB. His only problem is not getting penalized as he has a tendency to come in high many times with his pass rushes.
Yeah, the rule is if it happens in the first half (which this barely did), then no carry over.
Dont worry, he is playing.
It’s close but I thought he hit first with his shoulder as well. But the real reason why that shouldn’t have been called targeting is that he never put his head down and led/hit with the top or crown of his helmet. Any contact his helmet actually made was with the face mask/ front of the helmet. No reason to conclude targeting given that.
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