When the final play of the third quarter of the Washington State game at USC has occurred on 21st September, then Trojan quarterback JT Daniels has scrambled as well as ducking to the knee.
It has been seen that he has established himself as down when Washington State linebacker Logan Tago has dove at him with a headfirst. This has initiated a clear helmet to helmet contact. They have played both a flag for roughing the passer as well as a review for targeting. This was said to be clear enough to get the called in that both in-stadium replay in the Pac-12’s command center in San Francisco.
They have ruled that as a targeting penalty, which is said as after an internal replay report. This type of call could have ejected Tago out of the game. But in the game targeting is not called. As a result, Tago remained in the game. As per a report, it is said that a third party has not agreed with this call. The Third Party was reportedly was Pac-12 general counsel as well as senior vice president of business affairs Woodie Dixon.
The sources have confirmed about this. Dixon is said to be overseeing the football for the conference which is not said to be formally trained official. Dixon has telephoned about the play that it was not targeting. As per this report, his opinion has overruled with both the trained officials in the stadium replay with booth and league’s command center. The commissioner of Pac-12, Larry Scott, has said in a statement that there is no third party involvement.
Dixon is solely there in the command center along with the part of the replay collaboration team, and he has the full understanding of the targeting. This third party interference has sparked the outrage in all officiating world as these things are spread quickly now.
