Clearly you don't know the definition of targeting. The foul that will get you ejected is "initiating forceful contact to the head or neck of a defenseless player with the intent of doing more than making a legal tackle." Pause the video at 0:33, major wright has clearly made contact with the chest of manny Johnson. No penalty, no ejection. Go Gators
you're smoking crack if you don't think that would have been a targeting call. THIS SPECIFIC PLAY was part of the reason targeting was brought about the next year. Major lead with his crown into the neck of Johnson. There was no Targeting rule until AFTER this season so yes..this was not a foul. I'd argue it was PI as Write makes contact a nano second prior to the ball getting there.....but close enough not to be called. Great legal hit! ...even coming from an OU alum. But I applaud the new rule for it's intent....and the fact that its reviewable.
@@wf4919 it would be called for sure, but replay would show it was proper procedure even during this time of adjustment. Clean hit, and one for the books.
Such a huge play. Set the tone for the rest of the game. You know Manny was pissed at Bradford for leading him into that lmao, and I bet he was hearing footsteps all night! That defense was brutal!!
Major Wright is one of my favorite safeties ever. The Gators secondary that year (defense in general) was ridiculous. This hit set the tone for the rest of the game. Great hit.
Look at the sideline in the background at 0:25 man! You got the entire o line jumping up and down bc they now smell blood! Major Wright maybe won us this game on the third play of the game and I’ll never forget watching this live!
actually it hit's manny's arm and chest a nano second prior to the ball....which should have been PI. look at it closely......but it's too close to call... so yeah..great hit.
yeah people are overreacting we have been become so soft like espaiclly players who played before 2016 should not be talking because they did those actions
He literally has said he could have gone for the ball but his goal was to strike fear in their team to throw off their game the rest of it. Third play overall. He laid him out by hitting him in the solar plexus; if you’ve ever been hit there you’ll understand the difference.
@JamaicanBMW87 Its definately pass interference. If you pause the video at 33 seconds, you can clearly see Johnson making first contact with the ball, with Wright already burying his facemask into Johnson's chest. The officials missed on there.
im a bulldog fan hailstate but this hit i never get tired of watchin the sec has produce some of the best db's major wright, greg blue, ashley cooper, fred smoot, landry of lsu, thomas davis, just to name a few
Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy, Brandon James, Aaron Hernandez, Riley Cooper, David Nelson, Deonte Thompson, Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey, Emmanuel Moody = Fastest college team of all time
Saw this on a short and had to come see the rest, thought the dude was paralyzed or at the least knocked out. He actually took that like a fuckin champ.That's a scary hit😬
Im glad they kinda changed the rules..Because as a WR what the hell you suppose to do in a situation like that??Look the ball in and get ya heart knocked out your chest or dodge the hit??Bradford got dude killed tho that was to much air on that pass lol..
Bradford never seen a DB that fast. They don't close that quick in the Big 12. Yeah, though... nowadays its an ejection and rightly so. But it is still fun to watch this.
@@nickkyler4923they don't close that quick in the big 12 😂😂😂 What? These kids are all D1 4-5 star athletes with similar speed and strength. It's not that much of a difference dude otherwise OU wouldn't have gone 12-1 that season. They played 7 freaking top 25 teams lmao. Toughest schedule in the country that year. Played 3 top 5 teams. Gross.
@@JTmakesfunofdiabled-hs9khHe has a point. OU had a very high octane offense that season. They dropped 60+ points in each of their last five conference games, which included #2 Texas Tech, #11 OSU, and #19 Mizzou. OU's lowest scoring game was 35 points in a loss to UT. They did not play an SEC team until their title game loss against Florida. Final score: 24-14. OU scored 50+ points NINE times that year. One team is not scoring like that in the SEC. The SEC defense is just too crucial. His point has some validity.
@@brittoncaldwell2090the ball never hit the receivers hands😂 it hit Major. Too early and led with the crown. It's not manly to hit another man like this when he can't see you. Then act like you're the greatest thing since slices bread afterwards 😂
That was close, but if you watch closely the ball hits the WR hands a fraction of a second before or at the same time Wright delivered that bone crunching hit
In college and pros the defender may make contact with receiver within the first five yards of the line of scrimmage. Anything after that is penalized as illegal contact. Pass interference is called if the defensive player contacts the offensive player while he is trying to catch the pass. Inadvertent contact, though, is not penalized. -Wikipedia Pause at 34 seconds and read that
What about the O line holding that led to the QB being able to throw the ball in the first place? The right end tackles the left D end yet no flag. No wonder nobody was near the QB!
That hit set the tone of that game early. It stated Florida was much more physical and was gonna dominate. OU disappointed that game Texas should have been in there (45-35)
In today's game that would of been a 15 yard penalty b/c Wright lead with head towards a defenseless receiver... How Football has changed in just a few years
"I coulda easily went for the ball, but I didn't want the ball, I want *him* "
Bro thought he was gonna catch the ball and just had handfuls of helmet😂😂😂😂😂
I give Johnson props for being able to get up after that hit.
In today's game: "Targeting 15 yard penalty, player ejected"
Clearly you don't know the definition of targeting. The foul that will get you ejected is "initiating forceful contact to the head or neck of a defenseless player with the intent of doing more than making a legal tackle." Pause the video at 0:33, major wright has clearly made contact with the chest of manny Johnson. No penalty, no ejection. Go Gators
you're smoking crack if you don't think that would have been a targeting call. THIS SPECIFIC PLAY was part of the reason targeting was brought about the next year. Major lead with his crown into the neck of Johnson. There was no Targeting rule until AFTER this season so yes..this was not a foul. I'd argue it was PI as Write makes contact a nano second prior to the ball getting there.....but close enough not to be called. Great legal hit! ...even coming from an OU alum. But I applaud the new rule for it's intent....and the fact that its reviewable.
@@wf4919 it would be called for sure, but replay would show it was proper procedure even during this time of adjustment. Clean hit, and one for the books.
No targeting back then but that was definitely pass interference
Theres no doubt about it thats PI and targeting. Lead with the crown right under his mask into the neck
Such a huge play. Set the tone for the rest of the game. You know Manny was pissed at Bradford for leading him into that lmao, and I bet he was hearing footsteps all night! That defense was brutal!!
This was the biggest hit I've ever seen live. The announcers definitely didn't emphasize enough how big the hit was at the time
There's been bigger before n since. Plus he got right up 😂
If they need to emphasize that means it wasn’t that big lol
Nah, Ryan Clark's hit on McGahee.
That year the Gators Defense Had 11 NFL Pro Bowlers!
Peter this team was fucking savage. Plain and simple. GO GATORS 🐊
@@destroyscenefags LOL I BET YOU STILL HAD THAT DEFENSE
This video is the definition of a free saftey playing his job perfectly
never gets old
Major Wright is one of my favorite safeties ever. The Gators secondary that year (defense in general) was ridiculous. This hit set the tone for the rest of the game. Great hit.
Look at the sideline in the background at 0:25 man! You got the entire o line jumping up and down bc they now smell blood! Major Wright maybe won us this game on the third play of the game and I’ll never forget watching this live!
They all on their toes fr. This was huge.
It was timed perfectly. Major Wright and the ball got there at the same time.
actually it hit's manny's arm and chest a nano second prior to the ball....which should have been PI. look at it closely......but it's too close to call... so yeah..great hit.
He was early 😂 learn football kiddo
The crowd was in awe of that hit. Man did he get smacked!
Seeing Aaron Hernandez in the slo mo caught me off guard lol
Such great talent. I hope he brings a murderous tone into the league when he’s drafted
@@Easypickens14😂
haha I noticed the Pouncey twins too
My oh my how the game has changed
Sad :(
Turned it in to a pussy game
Toughness no longer needed
Damn i watch this every day
this gives me the chills literally everytime i watch it
here after the Travis Hunter outrage. clearly Major Wright deserves a prison sentence for this hit.
yeah people are overreacting we have been become so soft like espaiclly players who played before 2016 should not be talking because they did those actions
He literally has said he could have gone for the ball but his goal was to strike fear in their team to throw off their game the rest of it. Third play overall. He laid him out by hitting him in the solar plexus; if you’ve ever been hit there you’ll understand the difference.
@JamaicanBMW87 Its definately pass interference. If you pause the video at 33 seconds, you can clearly see Johnson making first contact with the ball, with Wright already burying his facemask into Johnson's chest. The officials missed on there.
Major wright would be in jail if he did that today
The crowd going off watching the replay at the end 😂😂
im a bulldog fan hailstate but this hit i never get tired of watchin the sec has produce some of the best db's major wright, greg blue, ashley cooper, fred smoot, landry of lsu, thomas davis, just to name a few
This should be titled "Major White's Violation of Manny Johnson's Entire Livelihood." Bro came out of that tackle as two smaller football players.
“I didn’t want the ball. I wanted him.” - Major Wright
And like all of them play pretty high level at the NFL
Everybody has an unbeatable offense...until they play a SEC defence.
What a tone setter...
one of the hardest hits i have ever seen
The days of real hitting
Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy, Brandon James, Aaron Hernandez, Riley Cooper, David Nelson, Deonte Thompson, Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey, Emmanuel Moody = Fastest college team of all time
Harvin wasn’t there
This is real football!
That hit made Kam Chancellor blush.
Ik the receiver left the field after that but I wouldn't have even been able to get up after that props to manny Johnson
Major Wright wasn't lying. He could have easily intercepted that ball.
The #RawRoomPodcaast brought me here and I love what I found ❤
Back when football was great
When the crowd sees the replay gave ya boy goosebumps
O o huge game. Take that 15 in today's football
Am I watching this on my HDTV or on my laptop? Amazing quality
one of the better more underrated safties in the nfl!!
Instead of catching the ball, he literally caught major wright
heh you can see Aaron Hernendez on the sidelines, he enjoyed watching that hit.
+B Scott u must be a sooner lol
Nope not at all. Just dont like murdering thugs. You must like them though
+B Scott I don't really care either way
B Scott now he enjoys hell
@@B.b-b Most murdering thugs never get announced. They kill with smiles on their faces.....and u love them.
That hit knocked the spit out of him.
Great announcer
Manny Johnson literally caught Major Wright instead of the ball 😂
Saw this on a short and had to come see the rest, thought the dude was paralyzed or at the least knocked out. He actually took that like a fuckin champ.That's a scary hit😬
I keep replaying it over and over what a great hit! Timed so perfect
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Peep the difference in the commentary then vs now ..
Amazing how football changed within 2 years
You should see it now
Hernandez and Urban staring at Wright about to make the hit is wild... @ :33
How is that not pass interference?
Trent Williams casually pancaking the left de
Im glad they kinda changed the rules..Because as a WR what the hell you suppose to do in a situation like that??Look the ball in and get ya heart knocked out your chest or dodge the hit??Bradford got dude killed tho that was to much air on that pass lol..
Tackle football
Bradford never seen a DB that fast. They don't close that quick in the Big 12. Yeah, though... nowadays its an ejection and rightly so. But it is still fun to watch this.
@@nickkyler4923they don't close that quick in the big 12 😂😂😂
What? These kids are all D1 4-5 star athletes with similar speed and strength. It's not that much of a difference dude otherwise OU wouldn't have gone 12-1 that season. They played 7 freaking top 25 teams lmao. Toughest schedule in the country that year. Played 3 top 5 teams. Gross.
@@JTmakesfunofdiabled-hs9khHe has a point. OU had a very high octane offense that season. They dropped 60+ points in each of their last five conference games, which included #2 Texas Tech, #11 OSU, and #19 Mizzou. OU's lowest scoring game was 35 points in a loss to UT. They did not play an SEC team until their title game loss against Florida. Final score: 24-14.
OU scored 50+ points NINE times that year. One team is not scoring like that in the SEC. The SEC defense is just too crucial. His point has some validity.
I believe that's passing interference. He laid the hit just a tad too early
The hit landed at the exact moment the ball touched the receiver’s hands.
@@brittoncaldwell2090nah his helmet actually blocked the receivers left hand from even being able to catch the ball.
About as perfect timing as possible actually
@@brittoncaldwell2090the ball never hit the receivers hands😂 it hit Major. Too early and led with the crown. It's not manly to hit another man like this when he can't see you. Then act like you're the greatest thing since slices bread afterwards 😂
great vid
That hit said welcome to the SEC.
The Quentin carter hit on j Mac was harder than this
I'm waitin for him to do this for Chicago
Time on target!
he was a karnell lake type in he day
me to love the crowd whoop whoop
Hey j sanders, i never watched it in slow mo but youre right, manny is already falling back when the ball gets there
Wright got drafted by the Bears. They needed him because the Bears 2009-10 defense was disgusting.
I'm gonna just say it its a good thing this a penalty now
Evryone!! That is not pas interference!! He already had touched the ball!!
Now that would be "Unnecessary roughness : too hard of a hit to a receiver."
If he made that hit this year that would eject him for targeting... smh
Welcome to Chicago!
That was close, but if you watch closely the ball hits the WR hands a fraction of a second before or at the same time Wright delivered that bone crunching hit
He got there early.
There quality back then was turr
Never watched this game just the hit but it was early.. all these people saying perfect timing it wasn't...
This man and Charles Tillman were born to be Bears.
like I said, jealousy won't get you anywheres.
I hate how all the special teams guys/benchwarmers get in his face after the hit. Like they did something
That would be targeting today.
the reason that proably was missed as PI is because the ball came in a split second after
the dude got rocked
Best hit I've ever seen. Perfect timing. The good old days where you could actually hit in football.
I LOVE THIS FUCKING SPORT!!!!!
Ah when football was football
The fact that man got to the sideline is respectable. Boi got his block knocked off. I miss real football
Is that what they call safety help over the top?
In college and pros the defender may make contact with receiver within the first five yards of the line of scrimmage. Anything after that is penalized as illegal contact. Pass interference is called if the defensive player contacts the offensive player while he is trying to catch the pass. Inadvertent contact, though, is not penalized.
-Wikipedia
Pause at 34 seconds and read that
What about the O line holding that led to the QB being able to throw the ball in the first place? The right end tackles the left D end yet no flag. No wonder nobody was near the QB!
Agreed. What beats it is the defender's timing & the voracity of the hit.
Homeboy Johnson almost didn't get up
He literally got right up.
He took it like a champ.
Dude would be put in Prison by Roger Goodell himself if he did that in the NFL today😂💀 bring physical football back!
This is not nowadays. Real sec football.
@TheGatorfan93 nah, the gator is lowering his helmet into neck as well before the reciever touches the ball
Major Wright: "Welcome to the SEC little boy!"
that ball bounced off of his back.
he ate it .
Great hit, it definitely set the tone for the rest of the game, but it was actually should’ve been called a penalty for PI!
Bro went helmet to chin
jealousy won't get you anywheres.
That hit set the tone of that game early. It stated Florida was much more physical and was gonna dominate.
OU disappointed that game Texas should have been in there (45-35)
WASSS GOOOD!!!
In today's game that would of been a 15 yard penalty b/c Wright lead with head towards a defenseless receiver... How Football has changed in just a few years
That wasn’t a hit, that was murder! 😮
did you spot the real murderer on the sidelines....