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He plays big dirty.

FTFY

I was dismayed to see that this had been removed, when I sought it out this morning.

RULES
Targeting and Initiating Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3)
No player shall target and initiate contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. When in question, it is a foul.
Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4)
No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 2-27-14)
KEY ELEMENTS
Target—to take aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with an apparent intent that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball.
Crown of the Helmet—the top portion of the helmet.
Contact to the head or neck area—not only with the helmet, but also with the forearm, fist, elbow, or shoulder—these can all lead to a foul.
Defenseless player—a player not in position to defend himself.
Examples (Rule 2-27-14):
A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.
A receiver attempting to catch a pass, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.
A kicker in the act of or just after kicking a ball, or during the kick or the return.
A kick returner attempting to catch or recover a kick.
A player on the ground.
A player obviously out of the play.
A player who receives a blind-side block.
A ball carrier already in the grasp of an opponent and whose forward progress has been stopped.
A quarterback any time after a change of possession.

KEY INDICATORS
Risk of a foul is high with one or more of these:
Launch—a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make contact in the head or neck area
A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with contact at the head or neck area—even though one or both feet are still on the ground
Leading with helmet, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with contact at the head or neck area
Lowering the head before attacking by initiating contact with the crown of the helmet

These indicate less risk of a foul:
Heads-up tackle in which the crown of the helmet does not strike above the shoulders
Wrap-up tackle
Head is to the side rather than being used to initiate contact
Incidental helmet contact that is not part of targeting but is due to the players changing position during the course of play

HINTS FOR PLAYERS
Don't lead with your head
Lower your target--don't go for the head or neck area with anything
Tackle: Heads-up and wrap-up

Can we have a safe place to go over what Bud did in the Tulsa game?

It looked so many times like they would line up in what looked like a Cover 0 but switch right before the snap to something like a Cover 1 or even on some plays it looked like it was almost a Cover 3 Zone?

Can anyone with a much greater understanding of Bud's X's and O'x elaborate on what Bud's defense was trying to do and maybe what weaknesses Tulsa was able to exploit? It seemed oddly similar to some of the ECU games the past two years, obviously, one on one coverage receivers winning battles is probably #1, I saw some clear miss alignments from a young secondary, but other than that, you would think they shouldnt have had as much success on the ground unless they were seeing something that clearly I was not able to see...

FWIW, I just had lunch with Wyatt Teller's godmother (who Wyatt he meets up with after every game) and recently spoke with Wyatt and said he is really in it only for the money. He told her that if he gets a good draft ranking, resulting in a probably multi-million dollar entry contract, he will leave VT after this season. He loves football and the game, but he is mainly just playing to take care of his family, which is nothing wrong with that, so don't be surprised if he leaves this year.

...By Obi Wan not working in absolutes absolutely hes actually working absolutely not in absolutes...

Head. Ex.Plodes... He IS a Sith.

Plot twist: What if... Now hear me out... We find out that everyone is actually dead, because The Resistance had in fact turned to the dark side and annihilated a terrorized First Order in a galaxy-wide apocalypse?!...That in fact, this is all just a false reality concocted by a droid overlord?!

But seriously, I decided to watch it finally this afternoon, after a dental appointment. IMAX 3D did it justice. The action sequences were just first-rate. I loved them displaying the massive scale of the star destroyers, when compared to a lone being. When the Resistance star fighters brought in the close air support the first time, I broke into a huge grin. This film succeeded in providing entertainment from start-to-fish.

But as others have commented, I wasn't too impressed with the villains this time. To be fair, it wasn't until Episode III that I could really appreciate Palpatine/Sidious as an all-powerful bad guy (who until the quick defeat of four jedi masters, I always thought he had his lackeys do his heavy lifting).

I don't think I could ever be friends with someone, who would refuse having a loyal wookiee sidekick, such as Chewie.

There is a world of difference between JUCO ball and Div 1 football at power 5 school. Playing 2 seasons of JUCO ball is not really more experience than 4 yrs in a Div 1 system and a half a dozen starts against Div 1 teams.

Ergo, Obi Wan is a Sith...

You obviously do not watch much football, the back-up qb is always the most popular guy on the team when the offense is sputtering...

I thought Beckham was much taller than that.

I absolutely agree, there were so many deep balls the past years that Ford could have caught in stride for touchdowns if they were not thrown so poorly. Most of it isn't Fords fault, I was just pointing out that the person I replied to was wrong and misleading other readers.