(01-01-2021 09:52 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  I'm already not watching the cfp invitational games.

But...from just reading your description of it...remember when there used to be a penalty for spearing? If you lowered your helmet and speared the guy with the crown of your helmet, it was a 15 yard unecessary roughness spearing.
That now falls under the efinition of targeting - especially if you leave your feet to do it.

From what I remember, spearing was when a player was on the ground and a defender came in with the crown of his helmet. In this instance, OSU quarterback Justin Fields was running down the field and got destroyed by the Clemson linebacker. It was like he hit a brick wall. It was one of the best hits I've seen in a long time and then the linebacker gets ejected because he led with the crown of his helmet into Fields' side when he was upright and running with a full head of steam.