Brett Yormark Issues Statement Regarding No Call On Targeting For ASU/Texas

[Bobby_Batronic]

29 minutes ago, 4thandFive said:

The no-call pulling the RB across the goal line was egregious. 
 

Also, ASU held all game and nothing was ever called. 

It’s never called. I’m pretty sure we’ve had a TD scored this year in the same manner where one of our OL slung Wisner maybe into the endzone for a TD. 

 

Also, they weren’t calling anything other than presnap procedure penalties and tackling WRs mid route. And they were consistent about it. 

I think you devalue the game when you call it that loosely, but they favored no one with it. It was a clinic in how to fairly not officiate the game unless forced to.

[Waxahorn]

[Ace Recruiter]

He's just mad Texas is back to back big 12 champs. At least this year he doesn't get to butcher Sark's name.

[watty7796]

Someone needs to sew this morons mouth shut....I'm dumber for having heard what he had to say.

[AusMOJO]

Bro needs to shut his ass up, if he's not going to call the actual targeting on Bond into question, too. Taaffe's hit was not targeting, it wasn't even called that on the field. 

If not for Texas letting Arizona State stay in the game, he wouldn't be saying any of this nonsense. 

[Nuufaola]

The Big 12 can issue all the statements it wants. Nobody cares what they say.  

The game was chock full of flukes, missed calls, etc.  There were a bunch of remarkable things about the game…so much that nothing in particular is remarkable.  Certainly not a tackle on a tipped ball that was bang bang, and clearly not intentional.  

[_everyoneshere]

T'Vondre's reaction is all of Longhorn nation today. Texas was penalized MORE yesterday.. might even be penalized, many self-inflicted, more all year than opponents and they still get hate for winning games.

[_everyoneshere]

2 hours ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

It’s never called. I’m pretty sure we’ve had a TD scored this year in the same manner where one of our OL slung Wisner maybe into the endzone for a TD. 

 

Also, they weren’t calling anything other than presnap procedure penalties and tackling WRs mid route. And they were consistent about it. 

I think you devalue the game when you call it that loosely, but they favored no one with it. It was a clinic in how to fairly not officiate the game unless forced to.

Yeah, I thought of that play too..think that was Cam Williams pulling Jerrick Gibson for his first TD.

[MrWytee]

I counted 10 holding no calls.... Those big ten refs were not the same as SEC refs

[CHorn427]

Texas/SEC should compile a list of all no calls that went ASU’s way and submit that in response.

 

[uoftex86]

4 hours ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

It’s never called. I’m pretty sure we’ve had a TD scored this year in the same manner where one of our OL slung Wisner maybe into the endzone for a TD. 

 

Also, they weren’t calling anything other than presnap procedure penalties and tackling WRs mid route. And they were consistent about it. 

I think you devalue the game when you call it that loosely, but they favored no one with it. It was a clinic in how to fairly not officiate the game unless forced to.

It’s true they were consistent in that they didn’t call either team for holding, but the  Texas pass rushers were being held WAY more than Arizona State’s since Texas for the most part was putting more pressure on the QB. And this had way more of effect on the game than any other calls/no-calls, including the targeting.

[horns96]

10 hours ago, Blake Munroe said:

“I have had multiple discussions seeking clarity surrounding the targeting call on Arizona State's final drive of the 4th quarter with Richard Clark. Moving forward, we need to address CFP officiating to ensure national standards are developed. These standards will be crucial to the CFP's future, and I look forward to discussing them with my fellow committee members when we meet next.”

Someone forgot to tell him this was a no-holds-barred cage match and we took the Big XII's sillyassed championship belt.

[Bobby_Batronic]

1 hour ago, MrWytee said:

I counted 10 holding no calls.... Those big ten refs were not the same as SEC refs

The SEC will let you get away with WWE takedowns between the guards, but you better not so much as get a fingernail outside of the framework from the tackles on out. An understandable compromise that keeps the game watchable all things considered. 

 

Can you imagine how unpleasant the B1G viewing experience would be if they called some semblance of holding on those teams playing snowman football in October and November on the outskirts of Southern Canadia?

18 minutes ago, uoftex86 said:

It’s true they were consistent in that they didn’t call either team for holding, but the  Texas pass rushers were being held WAY more than Arizona State’s since Texas for the most part was putting more pressure on the QB. And this had way more of effect on the game than any other calls/no-calls, including the targeting.

It’s true that it effected UT more because we have a very good pass rush, but that’s not how that game was called, and all I can ask is that the officials be equally good, bad or, in this case, criminally indifferent for both sides and they were. 

[Burnt Orange Horn]

On 1/2/2025 at 1:18 PM, TexasDeathStar said:

Call me biased, but I literally can’t wrap my mind around the outcry for targeting on that play. It was BANG BANG, and Taaffe made a perfect stop. Head up, brought hands, and even attempted to wrap up but obviously couldn’t as he shot the receiver into orbit lol. The way he brought that boom should be taught in a textbook somewhere. The hockey-esque stop and shoulder check by their rb earlier when Taaffe was in coverage was a blatant no call that ASU got away with. If you really want to nickel and dime the targeting rule, and the key point of “leads with the crown of the helmet” then Skattebo should get called for it 90% of the time he runs the rock. Dude gets so low that’s it’s nearly impossible to to get the crown of his helmet rammed into yours. Jelani McDonald did an AMAZING job in the first half where Skattebo damn near went chest to turf, and somehow McDonald got just as low and they both went crown to crown and he stopped Cam. 

Face mask to face mask does not involve the crown of either helmet. There was no launch nor lowering of the helmet, either.  I saw it not called in another game this year.