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USC did NOT receive a penalty on that last call.. it was last years Pac-12 championship *conference championship* the the defender just turned his head to make it shoulder contact instead of crown of the helmet
You guys should react/look into NFL divisions and the NFL schedule. The way divisions work in terms of proximity, playoff implications, and frequency of games against each other, creates a really unique culture of rivalries that span decades (I.e. Steelers/Ravens or Giants/Eagles)
@@colinryan4737 haha I was on the spot and a dumb Giants fan that wanted to be included. And then 30 seconds after after I hit send I thought “god, Packers/Bears is really the best example”
I've never seen one of you videos before, but I love watching Americans react to Rugby hits and British people react to American Football hits, so I tuned in. As a pretty extreme US Football fan, you earned my immediate respect at 1:34 when you saw an uncovered blind side sack and, without missing a beat, said "Lawrence Taylor." We can grab a pint and watch the sport of your choice any time gentlemen. You earned my respect and a subscriber. Keep it up!
Having played the game from the age of 11 and through college, as a receiver and conversely as a corner back, the hits you don't see coming are less traumatic than the ones you see coming. When you see it you react, and tend to tense up, which can cause injury.
Great video guys! So many excellent questions, let’s go through a few of them: 2:24 What is a blindside block? It is when a player(usually a player on the defense) is hit at a direction greater than parallel to the line of scrimmage while trying to make a tackle. It is usually a penalty commuted on turnovers, or by offensive linemen, or on kickoffs when there are large changes in direction of the play. 7:34 this is a perfect example of an illegal blindside block and you can hear the announcers say there is a flag on the play at the end of the clip. At the end of the clip you state “that’s fine” agreeing with the commentator. This is incorrect and both the touchdown and the yardage gained from the run are negated along with a 15 yard penalty. Additionally there is a 15 yard penalty for targeting(see below about what that is) and an ejection of the player. You make the same mistake at 8:25 stating that this hit is fine when it is in fact an illegal blindside block (a hit past parallel taking a player by surprise) 3:20 Was that being called a foul? What was the foul for? First this ruling only pertains to college football and is not part of professional NFL football(though many think it should be to decrease head trauma). It is called TARGETING and it is the only reviewable penalty in the game of football(at any level). What is targeting? It must qualify by one of two things: making forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless player OR making forcible contact using the crown of the helmet. When this penalty it is AUTOMATICALLY REVIED to see if either of these violations occur. In this case the announcers in the booth are saying they thought it was clean but upon review it does appear there is some forceable contact to the beach area of the defenseless player. A good example of what Targeting IS NOT is demonstrated here: 5:20 you can hear the announcers talking about “putting your pad level down” suggesting that contact was imitated with the shoulder and made contact to the offensive player’s chest. While violent, this is the preferred hit. 6:45 Can the quarterback slide/give themselves up to avoid a hit? Yes, absolutely! The big caveat is that the ball is placed then at where the slide is initiated so they just need to make sure they initiate the slide after the yard to gain.
Really excited to see you guys during the season!! If you want something different to watch, try Devin Hester highlights. Greatest punt and kick returner of all time
Thank you Steven, appreciate it, we’ve got a Devin Hester video in the Playlists (NFL highlights). We have got him on the list to look at his college highlights.
Don't even try to figure out what "targeting" is The officials don't even know what it is anymore and every crew, not just conference, but every individual crew calls it differently 😂 But the basics are, can't use the crown of the helmet to hit someone ANYWHERE (called spearing), can't make contact to the head or neck area of a "defenseless target" and you can't launch or crouch before a hit and then make head contact. But like I said the way its called is a mess and the officials seem to make it up as they go and are WILDLY inconsistent from game to game
@@jmielke4341 which hit? The Denzel Ward one the call stood, on a lot of those where it looked clean the call stood. It's a broken penalty left up to way too much subjection
as a giants fan and long time subscriber, i love how you immediately said "lawrence taylor" when that first kid came off the edge and hit QB. you guys are incredible hahaha
Since you mentioned you enjoyed hearing “I was there for that one, I was there for the Auburn & Penn St. highlight. Don’t ask what happened the rest of the game, but in that moment the atmosphere was electric!
Clifford was attempting to get the 1 st down. He should have saved his body but getting that down was the goal. Haha. PSU went on to dominate that game! We Are!!!
Really enjoyed that one boys. I'm already anticipating watching some college football with you guys later this year. Its gonna be great now that you both understand so much more about the game. This is literally an annual thing here in the states. We wait for season after season every year. However, football is special because it occurs during the cold months where everyone is forced indoors with nothing much to do but eat wings and watch football. lol.. I'm a big MLB and NBA fan too so the fun never ends. Glad to have you guys along. I willing to dive headfirst into the Premier league of MLS if you start reacting to those leagues here on this channel. *Still waiting to get my DN coffee mug. Cheers guys!! Rich in Seattle. ♣
We really can’t wait to get stuck into the season! It’s great to have your support Rich, we really appreciate it! Hopefully the mug arrives soon! We aren’t able to do this full time but if we could then there would definitely be time for some soccer on the channel!
The last hit was not a foul. The officials decided that the defensively player made crown of the helmet to helmet contact accidentally. Which I think is the right call. The best part is after the hit Cam Rising, the player who got hit winked at the guy who hit him, they caught it on slow mo replay, and then proceeded to BUST THAT TEAM UP for the rest of the game and won the PAC 12 Championship game MVP.
Some context on one of the hit: The South Carolina hit vs Michigan is my favorite. Because the play before South Carolina got screwed by the refs and Michigan got the ball. Then clowney destroys the RB and gets the ball back for the offense. That’s why you hear the commentators say, “ South Carolina deserves to have it, and they do!”
When y'all were talking about the "targeting" call @ 3:50, you were correct you cannot use the "crown" or top of the helmet like you said but additionally in the rule there can be no contact to the head or neck area of an opponent.
I think that one hit by ward that was a penalty got reviewed and overturned. That one that you said would’ve been a penalty was actually not a penalty because it was before they started cracking down on targeting lol in todays game, it would 100% be a penalty though so your statement was accurate.
Watched that game and it stood as targeting. The announcers stated it should not have been and the league actually came out later that week after the game and stated it was a bad call and should NOT have been a penalty. Would not be called today. Defenseless player only comes into play when hit is above shoulders.
6:48 So you are right, QB's can slide to end the play. Unfortunately, as a Penn State fan, Clifford was a long-term starter, 6 years at the program due to COVID 😂So not really inexperience, just a bad play on his part
@DNReacts It's a great fanbase, should be a fun ride, and our young guys are looking promising. Can't wait! If you have any program specific questions don't hesitate to reach out for context 😁
I went to Cal Berkeley and our big game was vs. Stanford but when I visited a mate of mine who lived in Boulder, Colorado... that game was insane vs their rivals of Colorado State. CU vs Colorado State. I was given an honorary outfit clad in yellow gold. Neither was a great team but that didn't matter. We all got wasted and filled out bellies beforehand on our way to the stadium. One of the best things to experience in the states, the atmosphere of college football rivalry. After all your research on defense and offensive plays lol I wonder if you now recognize things like the safety blitz.
Targeting is a relatively new penalty, and they throw kt out a lot, but everytime its called they have to review it in replay to see if it actually meets the criteria or not.
some of these clips were from several years ago before the targeting rule was implemented. that's why some of them weren't penalties. Targeting wasn't implemented until 2008. It was not well defined then so a lot of players got penalized when they shouldn't have and vice versa. It's gotten a lot better now with better replay and rule definitions. As an American who played college football it is fun to watch people from around the world react to the sport I love. It's fun to see it through others eyes who aren't familiar. keep it up fellas.
The Clowney hit is, for my money, the best hit on CFB history not only because of how incredible it was, but because of the context. It was the 4th quarter of what had been a hard fought bowl game. Michigan had the lead, momentum, and the ball. A score would make an SC comeback very unlikely. The play before The Hit was a 4th down and short and Michigan went for it on a fake punt because they knew how huge a score on the drive would be. The play they ran appeared to be stopped short, there’s video of the measurement showing space between the ball and the stick, but the refs gave MI the first down anyway. It was such a bad call that the unbiased national announcer screamed, “What are they looking at?!?” The very next play was The Hit. Clowney came in like an avatar of the god of Football Retribution and just took the ball back for SC. That’s why the announcer said, “SC deserves to have it…and they do.” On their first play with the ball, SC went deep and hit a 32-yard TD pass and went on to win the game.
It's a good hit and great play, but best in history? Probably according to SC fans, but let's not forget it came in the Outback Bowl against a 5 loss Michigan team with absolutely no stakes. When you talk about best ever, context is important.
@@Jon.A.Scholt I mean, I’m definitely an SC fan, but what single amazing hit had a greater impact on the outcome of a bigger game in a more crucial moment for a team who was more deserving than SC was in that moment? I think it’ll be hard to find a situation with the combination of the incredible hit and the impact of the moment to the outcome of a more important game to the team, but I’d love to hear some!
Tackling/blocking penalties have really become a bit unpredictable these days. I’ve seen penalties called on tackles that were technically legal but were still penalized because they looked bad. In today’s game, optics matter. If a hit looks rough, there’s a chance it’ll be penalized even if the tackle is technically within the rules.
Good compilation. I think the people who prefer college football over the NFL do so either for the younger vibe of the atmosphere or for the zaniness (for lack of a better word) of much of the play. *(NFL stadiums reaction?)*
I absolutely love it when there’s a big hit, and you can hear the crowd collectively go “Ohhhhhhhh!”. Not college, but my favorite one is when Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford trucked the Titans linebacker while scrambling almost for a first down.
9:19 you need to find a breakdown of the entire situation. I can’t remember what it was exactly, but there was something controversial a down or two just before Clowny made that play.
0:58 happened during an intense rivalry game between South Carolina & Clemson. The Clemson RB who was hit was named Andre Ellington, his cousin Bruce Ellington would later become a 2 sport star for South Carolina and is one of the most beloved Gamecocks of all time. Sports are weird!
If you guys are taking video requests, you should watch the best college football players for the upcoming season. Marvin Harrison Jr and Caleb Williams.
It may be on here...i only have a couple minutes...but Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina's tackle in a bowl game against Michigan deserves its own video. (Indeed, it was here near the end.) Monstrous NFL tackle from the old days: Chuck Bednarik of the Eagles in 1960 vs Frank Gifford of the Giants. Frank woke up in a hospital bed.
The Penn State-Auburn QB run: the QB can slide down but he needed the 1st down which was still about a yard away. If he slides, the spot of the ball will be where he initiates the slide, not where he touches down. If he slid he stood no chance of making the 1st down, so he went for it and lost.
I’m so excited for college football season! As a Michigan State fan, it’s been hell lately so I jump around and try to watch the most random games I can. I can’t wait to be hammered drunk at 2:30 AM watching Hawaii defend the island 😂
The biggest difference between the college game and the NFL is the one foot one knee rule. So I. College you can catch a ball and only get one foot in bounds, where as in the NFL you need both feet down in bounds to constitute a reception. In college, if you fall, and one knee hits the ground, the play is over whether you were touched by a defensive player or not. In the NFL, you could have the ball, fall down, slip, stumble, fumble, get back up off of both knees and keep going, unless you went down to one knee because a defensive player tackled, (hit) you. In the Canadian football league they only have 3 downs, but the wide receivers line up in the back field, similar to a QB in "shot gun" ! Wide outs are at full sprit once the ball is snapped! Imagine a kick return, every play! Wild
The one around 3:30 they were coming back from the review. Refs tend to call close targetting penalties like that because they come with an automatic review.
I played Center and Left Tackle in HS and college. Wherever a Defensive player beats an offensive lineman, they call that a "Lookout Block" because all the Offensive lineman can do is turn and yell........ LOOKOUT!!!!! Rick Charleston SC
4:10 - That was likely a case where the refs saw the tackler's head was high and that the impact of the hit whipped the ball carrier's head back so they assumed there was helmet-to-helmet contact and a penalty (the official name of a penalty where there is a direct hit with one player's helmet to another's without any mitigating circumstances is targeting). What happens with targeting penalties in college is they carry a pretty stiff penalty of ejection from the current game and suspension for the first half of the next game if the penalty is in the second half of the current game. But to mitigate unnecessary ejections and suspensions, the play is automatically reviewed and my guess is here that they overturned the targeting call and proceeded with no penalty. 6:58 - Yes, if you slide to give yourself up, at any level, the play is over and you aren't allowed to be hit. College rules and below make this a little more straight forward because you don't have to be down by contact. Once your knee or shin or arm are down, regardless of how you got there, the play is over. In the NFL, you have to be pushed down or touched when down to end the play (except for an intentional slide).
The targeting rules are very subjective and dependent on the umpires interpretation of the play. The basic idea though is to avoid “headhunting” as you suggested
We must remember that all tackles like these were perfectly legal for over a hundred years until the recent rule changes. ...I remember playing pop-warner (youth football), junior high, and high school football in the 1980s and always thinking it was cool whenever we had the helmet mark from an opposing players helmet. It was a tougher time back then.
Thank you for the suggestion and comment, really appreciate this, will check it’s on the watch list too. We run regular polls on our Discord for all members to have a say in what videos we do next if you’re not already on there 🙏
Note on the targeting penalty. You can’t hit a guy in the head when you initiate contact. Whether it’s your helmet, forearm, or shoulder. You also can’t blindside a “defenseless player,” meaning a quarterback (you have to be nice to them now), or a receiver who just caught the ball and hasn’t been able to turn yet.
At 4:41, you saw a receiver get popped as he went across the middle. THAT is what we call a "hospital pass." They're, uh, kinda self-explanatory, really. Normally, it's the linebacker or safety delivering a hit like that, but it ultimately doesn't matter who is making the hit. You can probably watch a collection of "hospital pass 'highlights'" - if you really want to cringe in sympathetic pain. There used to be a guy known as Jack "The Assassin" Tatum who once permanently paralyzed a guy in a *pre-season* game. Permanently paralyzed a man in a practice game! Austin Collie is another great example, because Peyton Manning threw lots of passes to Collie, but 2 in particular got him concussed. The second ultimately ended his season, and Collie's career as well (for the most part).
Those passes crossing the middle of the field are often called "hospital passes". The receiver is focused on the ball while running across and likely right into a linebacker. As seen in a few of these hits.
Thank you for the suggestion and comment, really appreciate this, will check it’s on the watch list too. We run regular polls on our Discord for all members to have a say in what videos we do next if you’re not already on there 🙏
One time when I played football in school, on a kick return that was poorly kicked, I got hit so hard by someone I didn't see coming when I went to pick up the ball, it hurt sooooo bad. My helmet flipped all the way around and was on backwards when they lifted me up. All these years later and I still remember exactly how it felt. Lol.. Not fun.
I was sitting 3 rows up right in front of that hit at 3:20 and could literally hear the impact. Denzel Ward absolutely blasted that dude. Refs made a bad call too which was unfortunate, but The OSU absolutely crushed Maryland anyway like usual.
Yeah 7:50 is basically the epitome of a blindside block. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a foul at the time of this replay, but that would be 100% a 15 yard penalty in today’s game
College Football is stricter than the NFL for tackling. There is a foul in college for 'Targeting' which roughly means a hit/tackle harder than required but also details helmet hits and other types. The penalty is disqualification so each call has to be reviewed on replay by the official.
Don't forget - NFL and college football have different rules on legal vs illegal hits. It's easy to confuse them as you go back and forth between the two leagues. And to be honest - i can no longer articulate the differences - i've lost track over the years - so for the casual fan like myself - you have to watch the games and get a sense of what is "legal" this year - in each league - as the rules are often revised to improve player safety. In terms of skill, speed and strength - you can start to sense there is a big difference between professional and amateur - and remember - as you're watching college football - there is a high probability that no athlete on your screen will have a professional career. Almost all college players' football careers end on their final college game. There really is no other league besides the NFL to play in. For almost all of them, nothing follows, just memories. NFL players really are on a different level of skill. One last thing - now that you've gotten a deeper understanding of the sport - was this "brutal hit" compilation not quite as interesting as the first one? The sport really is so much more than just tough hits - understanding the skill, the athleticism, the strategy and the comradery really is so much more interesting than just watching a hodgepodge of tough hits. Don't get me wrong - this was fun watching it with you guys - but i've enjoyed watching your learning and deeper understanding of the sport progress over time - that's much more satisfying to me. So thanks for posting this one - i'm always looking forward to the next one.
Hey D and N, usually as in a car accident you can actually get more damage by bracing yourself. That's why so many drunk drivers kill people in terrible accidents and come out without a scratch, they were drunk and not bracing.
This is why college sports rein supreme. Yes, there are some hits that should've been flagged, but they let em play more through the call in the NCAA. Same reason why March Madness is the most watched sporting event other than the Super Bowl.
I believe the last hit was from last season and they ended up not calling it a foul for the reasons the announcers said. Its only targeting for A.) A hard high hit on a player considered defenseless like a qb sitting in the pocket or a receiver waiting for a ball or a player standing behind the play. B.) Helmet to helmet contact. C.) Using the crown of the helmet to initiate contact. D.) Avoidable hits to a players head or neck area. I miss the old days when players could tackle. Its almost devolved into flag football. I miss the old kickoffs. I played in high school and i knew the risks i was taking but did it anyways. The same goes for these players. Targeting didnt really become a thing called consistently until the early 2010's. And it mostly stemmed from ex players complaints on permanent brain damage from concussions and a handfull of players that got paralyzed playing.
3:25 even announcers thought the refs made a bad call. it was shoulder to chest a clean tackle. if he is hit while running with the ball its a tackle... block is hitting someone who is not holding the ball... 6:40 it was 3rd and 8 and they where to far out for field goal so he was trying to get the first down. if they where in field goal range then he probable would have slid...
college is great! There are specific hits which are illegal. Head to head. Targeting with the crown of helmet. But anytime they can flag unsportsmanlike or unnecessary roughness.
The helmet to helmet thing is highly situational........big boom even with the helmet to the side' one or more head snapping baci, almost always a flag.
What a critical block and recovery on the field goal! Gave Michigan State a chance to go 56 yards in 1:05 to win the game. Or at least send it to overtime if they missed the extra point.
@@DNReacts Research reveals the game to be the 2015 Cotton Bowl. Michigan State was down ten points at halftime, and down by twenty at the end of the third. They scored a touchdown after the blocked kick, their third in the fourth quarter. (Adding injury to insult, the player leveled by the block was the kicker!) Baylor got the ball back with seventeen seconds left, needing only a field goal to win, but two straight sacks and an interception sealed the win for Michigan State, their fourth Bowl Game victory in a row after trailing at halftime.
"You can't blindside block, but you can blindside tackle". What this means is; if you're behind a guys shoulders, you can't block him during a play, unless you first get into his potential view. But, you can tackle someone from their " blindside". The announcers made that comment because that "tackle" looked very similar to what an illegal blindside block looks like.
The Florida hit on the Oklahoma play (Major Wright) wasn’t a penalty because it happened years before that became a rule. The targeting rule is only something that’s been around the last 10 years or so
3:34 This is a clean tackle. It sounds like the refs either called or were considering targeting. It would’ve been a bad call. This is a fairly new rule, and a lot of refs are trigger-happy to call it anytime they see a monster hit. I’ve noticed quite a few instances when refs call targeting on the field, review it on replay, and then determine no targeting occurred and pick up the flag.
That play with Denzel Ward from Ohio State WAS flagged and upheld after replay, for targeting. And it's one of the worst targeting calls I've still ever seen in college football. Followed closely by the Shaun Wade targeting against Clemson a season or two later that completely changed that game. Also, the potential targeting on the last play was waived off (correctly) by replay. It's automatically reviewed in college if called on the field and either confirmed or waived off. Targeting and its subjectivity is one of the most maligned topics in football (at all levels, high school through the NFL) the last 10-12 years or so. Even with replay they get wrong a LOT more than you'd hope.
I think that first 'targeting' penalty you were talking about was called because it looked like the defender's helmet just grazed the receiver's chin. Clearly the defender was not targeting the receiver's head - he was actually trying to keep his own head out of that area. Tough call for refs to make, but when it's close like that let the boys play. No penalty should have been called.
Football is great and all but have you guys watched lacrosse? 2 ot games in the semis of college which led to Notre Dame winning their first championship in 35 years of being a program. Great mix of soccer and hockey
Last one was a good tackle. Rising got up and smiled after that hit. (less so when he got dumped by Penn State in the Rose bowl which knocked him out of the game sadly.
As a washed up athlete. Number 36 in the second clip literally couldn’t help himself. After some hits you become a WWE character for a couple seconds and you’re too pumped to stop it
Absolutely you are right. You can use your facemask so the front of your helmet can make contact you just can't spear them with the top, and that is anywhere Justin Fields took a helmet spear to the ribs, that was targeting. Facemask is clean and yeah you can't blind side block but can blind side tackle.
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USC did NOT receive a penalty on that last call.. it was last years Pac-12 championship *conference championship* the the defender just turned his head to make it shoulder contact instead of crown of the helmet
You guys should react/look into NFL divisions and the NFL schedule. The way divisions work in terms of proximity, playoff implications, and frequency of games against each other, creates a really unique culture of rivalries that span decades (I.e. Steelers/Ravens or Giants/Eagles)
Thanks Matthew. I’ve noted this down, will have a look to see if I can find anything around this on RUclips. Appreciate the suggestion.
Yeah right.. the college game is more exciting any day of the week..
Or Bears/Packers… you know, the oldest rivalry in league history 😂
@@DionPryor396 no need to compare. They’re both great and everyone has their preferences
@@colinryan4737 haha I was on the spot and a dumb Giants fan that wanted to be included. And then 30 seconds after after I hit send I thought “god, Packers/Bears is really the best example”
Yes! Love the college football reactions, thanks for uploading so consistently guys, doesn’t go unnoticed
Thanks Josh, really appreciate this. Thank you for the comment.
I've never seen one of you videos before, but I love watching Americans react to Rugby hits and British people react to American Football hits, so I tuned in. As a pretty extreme US Football fan, you earned my immediate respect at 1:34 when you saw an uncovered blind side sack and, without missing a beat, said "Lawrence Taylor." We can grab a pint and watch the sport of your choice any time gentlemen. You earned my respect and a subscriber. Keep it up!
Thank you, we really appreciate the comment and your support. Couple of LT videos in the playlists too 🙏 Welcome to the channel
8:54. That hit alone earned Jadeveon Clowney a first pick overall draft pick an entire year before he was eligible to be drafted.
Us Gamecock fans still refer to it as "The Hit™" to this day
Very nice back drop. I’m diggin it for real.
Thank you Colin! 🙏🏼
Having played the game from the age of 11 and through college, as a receiver and conversely as a corner back, the hits you don't see coming are less traumatic than the ones you see coming. When you see it you react, and tend to tense up, which can cause injury.
Great video guys! So many excellent questions, let’s go through a few of them:
2:24 What is a blindside block?
It is when a player(usually a player on the defense) is hit at a direction greater than parallel to the line of scrimmage while trying to make a tackle. It is usually a penalty commuted on turnovers, or by offensive linemen, or on kickoffs when there are large changes in direction of the play. 7:34 this is a perfect example of an illegal blindside block and you can hear the announcers say there is a flag on the play at the end of the clip. At the end of the clip you state “that’s fine” agreeing with the commentator. This is incorrect and both the touchdown and the yardage gained from the run are negated along with a 15 yard penalty. Additionally there is a 15 yard penalty for targeting(see below about what that is) and an ejection of the player. You make the same mistake at 8:25 stating that this hit is fine when it is in fact an illegal blindside block (a hit past parallel taking a player by surprise)
3:20 Was that being called a foul? What was the foul for?
First this ruling only pertains to college football and is not part of professional NFL football(though many think it should be to decrease head trauma). It is called TARGETING and it is the only reviewable penalty in the game of football(at any level).
What is targeting?
It must qualify by one of two things: making forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless player OR making forcible contact using the crown of the helmet.
When this penalty it is AUTOMATICALLY REVIED to see if either of these violations occur. In this case the announcers in the booth are saying they thought it was clean but upon review it does appear there is some forceable contact to the beach area of the defenseless player. A good example of what Targeting IS NOT is demonstrated here: 5:20 you can hear the announcers talking about “putting your pad level down” suggesting that contact was imitated with the shoulder and made contact to the offensive player’s chest. While violent, this is the preferred hit.
6:45 Can the quarterback slide/give themselves up to avoid a hit? Yes, absolutely! The big caveat is that the ball is placed then at where the slide is initiated so they just need to make sure they initiate the slide after the yard to gain.
Totally enjoy the show....love ya'lls reaction to the hits.....
Really excited to see you guys during the season!! If you want something different to watch, try Devin Hester highlights. Greatest punt and kick returner of all time
Thank you Steven, appreciate it, we’ve got a Devin Hester video in the Playlists (NFL highlights). We have got him on the list to look at his college highlights.
They already done a Devin Hester video
Don't even try to figure out what "targeting" is
The officials don't even know what it is anymore and every crew, not just conference, but every individual crew calls it differently 😂
But the basics are, can't use the crown of the helmet to hit someone ANYWHERE (called spearing), can't make contact to the head or neck area of a "defenseless target" and you can't launch or crouch before a hit and then make head contact.
But like I said the way its called is a mess and the officials seem to make it up as they go and are WILDLY inconsistent from game to game
Thanks for this, appreciate the comment. Definitely sounds similar to the officiating in our big sports 😂 Good to know, thank you for the info
@@DNReacts when the refs make a mistake on targeting, it’s a big deal, because the player they deem guilty gets thrown out of the game.
I’m pretty sure they reviewed the play and took the targeting penalty away
@@jmielke4341 which hit? The Denzel Ward one the call stood, on a lot of those where it looked clean the call stood.
It's a broken penalty left up to way too much subjection
@@espadasescapades9021 oh okay, yeah I thought they took the Ward one away
Love the new background, looks great!
Thanks Bryce!
as a giants fan and long time subscriber, i love how you immediately said "lawrence taylor" when that first kid came off the edge and hit QB. you guys are incredible hahaha
Since you mentioned you enjoyed hearing “I was there for that one, I was there for the Auburn & Penn St. highlight. Don’t ask what happened the rest of the game, but in that moment the atmosphere was electric!
It’s ironic they said Clifford was inexperienced but in this game he’s like 26 lmao War Eagle tho 🦅
Love this! Thank you for the comment JBB, appreciate it.
Clifford was attempting to get the 1 st down. He should have saved his body but getting that down was the goal. Haha.
PSU went on to dominate that game! We Are!!!
Really enjoyed that one boys. I'm already anticipating watching some college football with you guys later this year. Its gonna be great now that you both understand so much more about the game.
This is literally an annual thing here in the states. We wait for season after season every year. However, football is special because it occurs during the cold months where everyone is forced indoors with nothing much to do but eat wings and watch football. lol.. I'm a big MLB and NBA fan too so the fun never ends. Glad to have you guys along. I willing to dive headfirst into the Premier league of MLS if you start reacting to those leagues here on this channel.
*Still waiting to get my DN coffee mug. Cheers guys!!
Rich in Seattle. ♣
We really can’t wait to get stuck into the season! It’s great to have your support Rich, we really appreciate it!
Hopefully the mug arrives soon!
We aren’t able to do this full time but if we could then there would definitely be time for some soccer on the channel!
Watching u guys watch the best sport in the world is truly entertaining. Much love from Los Angeles ✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿
Thank you, we really appreciate it 🤝
The last hit was not a foul. The officials decided that the defensively player made crown of the helmet to helmet contact accidentally. Which I think is the right call.
The best part is after the hit Cam Rising, the player who got hit winked at the guy who hit him, they caught it on slow mo replay, and then proceeded to BUST THAT TEAM UP for the rest of the game and won the PAC 12 Championship game MVP.
Great reaction! These are brutal. Only a few more months before the season starts!
Thank you 😊 Cannot wait for the new season, really am excited for it!
Some context on one of the hit:
The South Carolina hit vs Michigan is my favorite. Because the play before South Carolina got screwed by the refs and Michigan got the ball. Then clowney destroys the RB and gets the ball back for the offense. That’s why you hear the commentators say, “ South Carolina deserves to have it, and they do!”
When y'all were talking about the "targeting" call @ 3:50, you were correct you cannot use the "crown" or top of the helmet like you said but additionally in the rule there can be no contact to the head or neck area of an opponent.
i absolutely remember the hit on Cam Rising (last one). Brutal, but he popped right back up and played well until getting injured in the Rose Bowl.
I think that one hit by ward that was a penalty got reviewed and overturned. That one that you said would’ve been a penalty was actually not a penalty because it was before they started cracking down on targeting lol in todays game, it would 100% be a penalty though so your statement was accurate.
Thanks for the context Dave, really appreciate the comment
I think it was more of a defenseless receiver
Watched that game and it stood as targeting. The announcers stated it should not have been and the league actually came out later that week after the game and stated it was a bad call and should NOT have been a penalty. Would not be called today. Defenseless player only comes into play when hit is above shoulders.
6:48 So you are right, QB's can slide to end the play. Unfortunately, as a Penn State fan, Clifford was a long-term starter, 6 years at the program due to COVID 😂So not really inexperience, just a bad play on his part
Thank for you the comment and info, really appreciate it! 🙏
@DN Reacts Thank you for the vids! Watching them back I saw you're rooting for Penn State next year, should be a good year for us!
Hoping so, really looking forward to following Penn State 🤞
@DNReacts It's a great fanbase, should be a fun ride, and our young guys are looking promising. Can't wait! If you have any program specific questions don't hesitate to reach out for context 😁
I went to Cal Berkeley and our big game was vs. Stanford but when I visited a mate of mine who lived in Boulder, Colorado... that game was insane vs their rivals of Colorado State. CU vs Colorado State. I was given an honorary outfit clad in yellow gold. Neither was a great team but that didn't matter. We all got wasted and filled out bellies beforehand on our way to the stadium.
One of the best things to experience in the states, the atmosphere of college football rivalry.
After all your research on defense and offensive plays lol I wonder if you now recognize things like the safety blitz.
College baseball tournament (playoffs) of 64 starts today. Like March madness of baseball ⚾️
We’re going to have to get ourselves a North American Sports Calendar 😅
Yes! Love the NCAA baseball tournament !
Except its double elimination not single.
Targeting is a relatively new penalty, and they throw kt out a lot, but everytime its called they have to review it in replay to see if it actually meets the criteria or not.
That Nebraska vs. Wisconsin game toward the end is an example of a blind side block. They have only recently been outlawed.
some of these clips were from several years ago before the targeting rule was implemented. that's why some of them weren't penalties. Targeting wasn't implemented until 2008. It was not well defined then so a lot of players got penalized when they shouldn't have and vice versa. It's gotten a lot better now with better replay and rule definitions. As an American who played college football it is fun to watch people from around the world react to the sport I love. It's fun to see it through others eyes who aren't familiar. keep it up fellas.
You guys really have learned alot. You're right that the worst hits are the ones you don't brace yourself for.
Thanks Sam! Appreciate it!
The helmets have straps to keep them on the head. However, many times the players don't use them, thus the helmets come off if the player is hit hard.
The Clowney hit is, for my money, the best hit on CFB history not only because of how incredible it was, but because of the context. It was the 4th quarter of what had been a hard fought bowl game. Michigan had the lead, momentum, and the ball. A score would make an SC comeback very unlikely. The play before The Hit was a 4th down and short and Michigan went for it on a fake punt because they knew how huge a score on the drive would be. The play they ran appeared to be stopped short, there’s video of the measurement showing space between the ball and the stick, but the refs gave MI the first down anyway. It was such a bad call that the unbiased national announcer screamed, “What are they looking at?!?” The very next play was The Hit. Clowney came in like an avatar of the god of Football Retribution and just took the ball back for SC. That’s why the announcer said, “SC deserves to have it…and they do.” On their first play with the ball, SC went deep and hit a 32-yard TD pass and went on to win the game.
It's a good hit and great play, but best in history? Probably according to SC fans, but let's not forget it came in the Outback Bowl against a 5 loss Michigan team with absolutely no stakes. When you talk about best ever, context is important.
@@Jon.A.Scholt I mean, I’m definitely an SC fan, but what single amazing hit had a greater impact on the outcome of a bigger game in a more crucial moment for a team who was more deserving than SC was in that moment? I think it’ll be hard to find a situation with the combination of the incredible hit and the impact of the moment to the outcome of a more important game to the team, but I’d love to hear some!
@@rgractor i can guarantee you one thing; UGA fans will call the hit on Marvin Harrison the Greatest Hit Ever!
Tackling/blocking penalties have really become a bit unpredictable these days. I’ve seen penalties called on tackles that were technically legal but were still penalized because they looked bad. In today’s game, optics matter. If a hit looks rough, there’s a chance it’ll be penalized even if the tackle is technically within the rules.
I see videos all the time where it’s people complaining that it should be targeting or something but it’s completely legal just looks bad
Thanks for this Alex, appreciate the info and comment!
React to the Best NHL Goalie saves, the stretches and reflexes on display are jaw-dropping.
Good compilation.
I think the people who prefer college football over the NFL do so either for the younger vibe of the atmosphere or for the zaniness (for lack of a better word) of much of the play.
*(NFL stadiums reaction?)*
Thank you 😊 Appreciate this. Got the NFL stadiums notes too 😀
I absolutely love it when there’s a big hit, and you can hear the crowd collectively go “Ohhhhhhhh!”. Not college, but my favorite one is when Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford trucked the Titans linebacker while scrambling almost for a first down.
The crazy part about the game at 6:13 is that was one of three hits in three plays in a row that were all so brutal!
9:19 you need to find a breakdown of the entire situation. I can’t remember what it was exactly, but there was something controversial a down or two just before Clowny made that play.
The JaDaveon Clowney play with the Jim Ross Hell in the Cell commentary is peak RUclips.
This was a fun video and I like the touch of the flags in the background. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Thank you 🙏🏼 really appreciate it!
Funny he said about Sean Clifford, "That's just inexperience" when that game was played at the beginning of Clifford's 6th year!
0:58 happened during an intense rivalry game between South Carolina & Clemson. The Clemson RB who was hit was named Andre Ellington, his cousin Bruce Ellington would later become a 2 sport star for South Carolina and is one of the most beloved Gamecocks of all time. Sports are weird!
Sports are definitely weird, love this comment though, thanks for the info Richie
I think thats one of the greatest tackles in college ball ive seen, Clowney was a monster in college.
If you guys are taking video requests, you should watch the best college football players for the upcoming season. Marvin Harrison Jr and Caleb Williams.
Thanks for this Nick, appreciate the suggestions. Could be a good idea, I’ll get their names added to our list!
The last play with Utah and USC was from a conference championship this past season. About 6 months ago give or take.
See you guys finally decorated the room. Looks good guys!
Thanks Logan, really appreciate it! Took us a while but we saved up and got some bits order. Glad you like it 😀
It may be on here...i only have a couple minutes...but Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina's tackle in a bowl game against Michigan deserves its own video. (Indeed, it was here near the end.)
Monstrous NFL tackle from the old days: Chuck Bednarik of the Eagles in 1960 vs Frank Gifford of the Giants. Frank woke up in a hospital bed.
The Penn State-Auburn QB run: the QB can slide down but he needed the 1st down which was still about a yard away. If he slides, the spot of the ball will be where he initiates the slide, not where he touches down. If he slid he stood no chance of making the 1st down, so he went for it and lost.
Thanks Ranger, appreciate the comment and the context, thank you.
I’m so excited for college football season! As a Michigan State fan, it’s been hell lately so I jump around and try to watch the most random games I can. I can’t wait to be hammered drunk at 2:30 AM watching Hawaii defend the island 😂
as a nebraska fan, I raise you hell with a kick in the nuts
All the CTE in this video is crazy
Search Quentin Coryatt's hit against a TCU receiver. Hardest hit I've ever seen. Many bones were broken.
Saw that live on tv as a kid it was a Thursday night game on ESPN 1989
@riccorich If I remember right, he broke something like 1 or 2 ribs, dislocated his shoulder, and broke the guy's ankle.
@@sorethumb78 probably it's was on the old Astroturf, Quinton Coryatt got drafted by the colts along with Steve Ettman
You guys should have guest on your show. That can answer your questions.
The biggest difference between the college game and the NFL is the one foot one knee rule. So I. College you can catch a ball and only get one foot in bounds, where as in the NFL you need both feet down in bounds to constitute a reception. In college, if you fall, and one knee hits the ground, the play is over whether you were touched by a defensive player or not. In the NFL, you could have the ball, fall down, slip, stumble, fumble, get back up off of both knees and keep going, unless you went down to one knee because a defensive player tackled, (hit) you. In the Canadian football league they only have 3 downs, but the wide receivers line up in the back field, similar to a QB in "shot gun" ! Wide outs are at full sprit once the ball is snapped! Imagine a kick return, every play! Wild
The one around 3:30 they were coming back from the review. Refs tend to call close targetting penalties like that because they come with an automatic review.
Ah okay, thank you for this, appreciate the context and the comment.
I played Center and Left Tackle in HS and college.
Wherever a Defensive player beats an offensive lineman, they call that a "Lookout Block" because all the Offensive lineman can do is turn and yell........ LOOKOUT!!!!!
Rick
Charleston SC
4:10 - That was likely a case where the refs saw the tackler's head was high and that the impact of the hit whipped the ball carrier's head back so they assumed there was helmet-to-helmet contact and a penalty (the official name of a penalty where there is a direct hit with one player's helmet to another's without any mitigating circumstances is targeting). What happens with targeting penalties in college is they carry a pretty stiff penalty of ejection from the current game and suspension for the first half of the next game if the penalty is in the second half of the current game. But to mitigate unnecessary ejections and suspensions, the play is automatically reviewed and my guess is here that they overturned the targeting call and proceeded with no penalty.
6:58 - Yes, if you slide to give yourself up, at any level, the play is over and you aren't allowed to be hit. College rules and below make this a little more straight forward because you don't have to be down by contact. Once your knee or shin or arm are down, regardless of how you got there, the play is over. In the NFL, you have to be pushed down or touched when down to end the play (except for an intentional slide).
7:57 that’s a blind side block, illegal now, 8:13 too.
Have you guys decided on y’all favorite teams yet? NFL, MLB, ect
The targeting rules are very subjective and dependent on the umpires interpretation of the play. The basic idea though is to avoid “headhunting” as you suggested
We must remember that all tackles like these were perfectly legal for over a hundred years until the recent rule changes.
...I remember playing pop-warner (youth football), junior high, and high school football in the 1980s and always thinking it was cool whenever we had the helmet mark from an opposing players helmet.
It was a tougher time back then.
love the flags!!!!
Thanks Nathan, really appreciate the comment. Love that you love the flags 🙏
You guys must see the OU - Texas Rivalry game in 2021. The crowd is 50/50 split right down the middle!
Thank you for the suggestion and comment, really appreciate this, will check it’s on the watch list too. We run regular polls on our Discord for all members to have a say in what videos we do next if you’re not already on there 🙏
Note on the targeting penalty. You can’t hit a guy in the head when you initiate contact. Whether it’s your helmet, forearm, or shoulder. You also can’t blindside a “defenseless player,” meaning a quarterback (you have to be nice to them now), or a receiver who just caught the ball and hasn’t been able to turn yet.
Targeting penalties are the hardest things to interpret even as a long time American football fan
At 4:41, you saw a receiver get popped as he went across the middle. THAT is what we call a "hospital pass." They're, uh, kinda self-explanatory, really. Normally, it's the linebacker or safety delivering a hit like that, but it ultimately doesn't matter who is making the hit. You can probably watch a collection of "hospital pass 'highlights'" - if you really want to cringe in sympathetic pain.
There used to be a guy known as Jack "The Assassin" Tatum who once permanently paralyzed a guy in a *pre-season* game. Permanently paralyzed a man in a practice game!
Austin Collie is another great example, because Peyton Manning threw lots of passes to Collie, but 2 in particular got him concussed. The second ultimately ended his season, and Collie's career as well (for the most part).
Those passes crossing the middle of the field are often called "hospital passes". The receiver is focused on the ball while running across and likely right into a linebacker. As seen in a few of these hits.
You guys should check out Scott Stevens. NHL. He owned the blue line
Thank you for the suggestion and comment, really appreciate this, will check it’s on the watch list too. We run regular polls on our Discord for all members to have a say in what videos we do next if you’re not already on there 🙏
One time when I played football in school, on a kick return that was poorly kicked, I got hit so hard by someone I didn't see coming when I went to pick up the ball, it hurt sooooo bad. My helmet flipped all the way around and was on backwards when they lifted me up.
All these years later and I still remember exactly how it felt. Lol.. Not fun.
I was sitting 3 rows up right in front of that hit at 3:20 and could literally hear the impact. Denzel Ward absolutely blasted that dude. Refs made a bad call too which was unfortunate, but The OSU absolutely crushed Maryland anyway like usual.
Yeah 7:50 is basically the epitome of a blindside block. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a foul at the time of this replay, but that would be 100% a 15 yard penalty in today’s game
9:15 hands down the hardest hit in college football history
College Football is stricter than the NFL for tackling. There is a foul in college for 'Targeting' which roughly means a hit/tackle harder than required but also details helmet hits and other types. The penalty is disqualification so each call has to be reviewed on replay by the official.
You've learnt nothing, but you're giving it a go.
Don't forget - NFL and college football have different rules on legal vs illegal hits. It's easy to confuse them as you go back and forth between the two leagues. And to be honest - i can no longer articulate the differences - i've lost track over the years - so for the casual fan like myself - you have to watch the games and get a sense of what is "legal" this year - in each league - as the rules are often revised to improve player safety. In terms of skill, speed and strength - you can start to sense there is a big difference between professional and amateur - and remember - as you're watching college football - there is a high probability that no athlete on your screen will have a professional career. Almost all college players' football careers end on their final college game. There really is no other league besides the NFL to play in. For almost all of them, nothing follows, just memories. NFL players really are on a different level of skill. One last thing - now that you've gotten a deeper understanding of the sport - was this "brutal hit" compilation not quite as interesting as the first one? The sport really is so much more than just tough hits - understanding the skill, the athleticism, the strategy and the comradery really is so much more interesting than just watching a hodgepodge of tough hits. Don't get me wrong - this was fun watching it with you guys - but i've enjoyed watching your learning and deeper understanding of the sport progress over time - that's much more satisfying to me. So thanks for posting this one - i'm always looking forward to the next one.
Hey D and N, usually as in a car accident you can actually get more damage by bracing yourself. That's why so many drunk drivers kill people in terrible accidents and come out without a scratch, they were drunk and not bracing.
This is why college sports rein supreme. Yes, there are some hits that should've been flagged, but they let em play more through the call in the NCAA. Same reason why March Madness is the most watched sporting event other than the Super Bowl.
I believe the last hit was from last season and they ended up not calling it a foul for the reasons the announcers said. Its only targeting for A.) A hard high hit on a player considered defenseless like a qb sitting in the pocket or a receiver waiting for a ball or a player standing behind the play. B.) Helmet to helmet contact. C.) Using the crown of the helmet to initiate contact. D.) Avoidable hits to a players head or neck area. I miss the old days when players could tackle. Its almost devolved into flag football. I miss the old kickoffs. I played in high school and i knew the risks i was taking but did it anyways. The same goes for these players. Targeting didnt really become a thing called consistently until the early 2010's. And it mostly stemmed from ex players complaints on permanent brain damage from concussions and a handfull of players that got paralyzed playing.
In college football depending on the teams offense scheme, some QBs run the ball like a running back and don't slide.
Before the video starts. YOU GOT SOME BARBEQUE BACK THERE?!?
3:25 even announcers thought the refs made a bad call. it was shoulder to chest a clean tackle. if he is hit while running with the ball its a tackle... block is hitting someone who is not holding the ball... 6:40 it was 3rd and 8 and they where to far out for field goal so he was trying to get the first down. if they where in field goal range then he probable would have slid...
Please react to the 1980 Winter Olympics USA vs the Soviet Union also known as the Miracle on Ice.
college is great! There are specific hits which are illegal. Head to head. Targeting with the crown of helmet. But anytime they can flag unsportsmanlike or unnecessary roughness.
The helmet to helmet thing is highly situational........big boom even with the helmet to the side' one or more head snapping baci, almost always a flag.
What a critical block and recovery on the field goal! Gave Michigan State a chance to go 56 yards in 1:05 to win the game. Or at least send it to overtime if they missed the extra point.
Thanks Don, appreciate the info and context! Thank you for the comment.
@@DNReacts Research reveals the game to be the 2015 Cotton Bowl. Michigan State was down ten points at halftime, and down by twenty at the end of the third. They scored a touchdown after the blocked kick, their third in the fourth quarter. (Adding injury to insult, the player leveled by the block was the kicker!) Baylor got the ball back with seventeen seconds left, needing only a field goal to win, but two straight sacks and an interception sealed the win for Michigan State, their fourth Bowl Game victory in a row after trailing at halftime.
"You can't blindside block, but you can blindside tackle". What this means is; if you're behind a guys shoulders, you can't block him during a play, unless you first get into his potential view. But, you can tackle someone from their " blindside". The announcers made that comment because that "tackle" looked very similar to what an illegal blindside block looks like.
The Florida hit on the Oklahoma play (Major Wright) wasn’t a penalty because it happened years before that became a rule. The targeting rule is only something that’s been around the last 10 years or so
5:50 ... quarters in college fb are 15:00 ; high school fb has 12:00 quarters
3:34 This is a clean tackle. It sounds like the refs either called or were considering targeting. It would’ve been a bad call. This is a fairly new rule, and a lot of refs are trigger-happy to call it anytime they see a monster hit. I’ve noticed quite a few instances when refs call targeting on the field, review it on replay, and then determine no targeting occurred and pick up the flag.
Blindside only refers to blocking. (Also relatively new rule). You’re right, no such thing as a blindside tackle.
Should do one of the Penn State Ohio State games. Any game works from 2016, 2017, 2018 season
Not 2016
Thanks for these, have got them noted for our list. Appreciate the comment.
That play with Denzel Ward from Ohio State WAS flagged and upheld after replay, for targeting. And it's one of the worst targeting calls I've still ever seen in college football. Followed closely by the Shaun Wade targeting against Clemson a season or two later that completely changed that game.
Also, the potential targeting on the last play was waived off (correctly) by replay. It's automatically reviewed in college if called on the field and either confirmed or waived off.
Targeting and its subjectivity is one of the most maligned topics in football (at all levels, high school through the NFL) the last 10-12 years or so. Even with replay they get wrong a LOT more than you'd hope.
You are allowed to hit with your shoulders, not your head
Thank you 🤝
I think that first 'targeting' penalty you were talking about was called because it looked like the defender's helmet just grazed the receiver's chin. Clearly the defender was not targeting the receiver's head - he was actually trying to keep his own head out of that area. Tough call for refs to make, but when it's close like that let the boys play. No penalty should have been called.
Football is great and all but have you guys watched lacrosse? 2 ot games in the semis of college which led to Notre Dame winning their first championship in 35 years of being a program. Great mix of soccer and hockey
They will watch lacrosse when all other sports don't exist.
Last one was a good tackle. Rising got up and smiled after that hit. (less so when he got dumped by Penn State in the Rose bowl which knocked him out of the game sadly.
That was just this past year in the PAC 12 Championship game against USC (another game to react to btw)
I was at the second game. I remember the teabag
Guys when I played football there was no rules of not using your helmet as a weapon. We called it Put your helmet in their Earhole.
As a washed up athlete. Number 36 in the second clip literally couldn’t help himself. After some hits you become a WWE character for a couple seconds and you’re too pumped to stop it
"Targeting" just means the officials thought it was to scary. Some of the new "saftey" rules are really there just to make you feel better about it.
NFL stadiums reaction?
Got these on our list to get to. Thank you for the suggestion and comment, appreciate it!
@@DNReacts 🙂
Do terrell owens!!!!
PLEASE REACT TO JOSH ALLEN HIGHLIGHTS!
Absolutely you are right. You can use your facemask so the front of your helmet can make contact you just can't spear them with the top, and that is anywhere Justin Fields took a helmet spear to the ribs, that was targeting. Facemask is clean and yeah you can't blind side block but can blind side tackle.