That was a scary moment in the 4th quarter with David Bell lying motionless and unresponsive.
Wishing him the best, and I hope we get a good report back on him!!
Wishing him the best, and I hope we get a good report back on him!!
Wishing the Best for David Bell!
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Amen! I hope it isn’t serious. He has been such a great representative of Purdue.
Hard to say. Obviously our bias says yes, but it was not direct contact to the head or neck IMO. I thought he got him hard in the upper back. Momentum obviously put the neck into play.
To me targeting would have been a tough call to make. The defender certainly launched but initial contact I believe was to the upper back. From one angle it didn’t look like any contact to the head but from the other angle they showed I believe the defenders shoulder actually did glance off the side of Bell helmet. So imo close call but I am ok wit it not being called because it didn’t appear to me that the defender was head hunting.
Great to hear if that's the case. I'm sure he'll be dealing with a concussion, so I'm guessing we won't see him against Illinois. But again, glad that it wasn't something mobility or life changing.
As far as targeting by the rule, maybe not. But Hamilton launched at a defenseless player. This is the type of hit that is exactly why targeting was implemented. If nothing else, there should have been an unnecessary roughness call on the play.
It met the letter of the law for targeting. But as always there is a lot of room for judgment in the application.
- Defenseless receiver YES
- Defender launching YES
-Forcible contact to head or neck area YES
The third one was not obvious from the tv angle or at full speed, but the back side angle in slow motion shows there was contact to the head/neck. It should have been reviewed.
It’s ironic because the “referee expert” they brought in said it clearly wasn’t targeting because the blow wasn’t to the head and neck….which on replay it’s clearly to the upper back/neck area. BUT…I didn’t think it was malicious, intentional, etc. Guy made a hard hit and a good play.
JUST like Kieren Douglas mad a clean hit earlier in the game IMO and even though he led with the crown and lunged, he was nowhere close to the guys head or neck yet the same “referee expert” said it was clearly targeting. Such an impactful rule and seemingly people still don’t understand it….or they just want to call it when their bias is involved.
IMO neither were targeting. Just football plays that unfortunately guys got hurt on.
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the refs were awful in the Auburn game, an Auburn DB hit a psu guy at the 2 yd line on a 3rd down play, he was parallel to the goal line and the hit was back of pads to back of pads. He was ejected.
Exactly - my complaint is with the fact that there was no review done for targeting.
That play is exactly why the rule was written in the first place.
Happy to hear it sounds like Bell is OK, although from what I saw, it looks like he could have a concussion. He is a special talent and a tremendous young man. As for the question of targeting, I think the officials got it right. But, they very easily could have flagged Hamilton for unnecessary roughness, and probably should have.
Didn't look like targeting to me, but it easily could have been called unnecessary roughness. ND almost always gets the benefit of the doubt on borderline calls. I'm very happy D Bell was reported to be "up and around." Very well could have a concussion, but I was thinking whiplash from the way he got hit. Hoping for a speedy recovery from whatever it is.
He's sorry for letting everyone down? The kid has NEVER let any of us fans down. He's an amazing player and apparently an even better human being. Thank God he wasn't seriously hurt...
Any other stadium in the country with a gut motionless on the field for that long the "booth" would have taken a look. Not if ND is the home team. If that had been a Domer on the ground the entire Boiler D would have been DQ'd.
