Colorado Buffaloes fans have screamed about targeting calls after Nate Landman’s two different ejections, but it’s been a problem throughout the conference all season. The process for ruling a targeting call is complicated and inconsistently enforced. The process of these calls requires a closer look.
The questions surrounding these calls began after Washington State played USC in a close September tilt. There had been a controversial ruling wherein Cougars linebacker Logan Tago had hit Trojans QB J.T. Daniels. The hit was an apparent targeting violation, but despite on-field officials and the Pac-12 command center agreed it was, they had been overruled by the Pac-12’s senior vice president of business affairs Woodie Dixon.