Targeting

[CampbellLION]

I just re-watched the play in question. He absolutely DID NOT lead with his shoulder. To do that, you have to get your head to one side of the ball carrier. You also have to come to base. He did neither of those things. He leaned in and initiated contact with the crown of his helmet. If that wasn't targeting, they may as well take that rule out of the rulebook.
Edit. Even if it wasn't helmet-to-helmet (which it was), striking a defenseless receiver above the shoulders is targeting. It checked every box.

handle checks out.

 

[CampbellLION]

Watch the replay, #18 hits his shoulder pad first. Then the helmets collide. I think it was a great no call and the replay official did a good job of over turning the call.

Correct. There was helmet to helmet contact but it wasn't forcible. The forcible contact was shoulder to shoulder.

 

[yessir321]

Full of crap!

no, they took away a clear TD, called so many ticky tack penalties. It was incredibly biased. Take off your black and yellow glasses. The fact is psu was the better team that day and the better team won

 

[papabeef]

Uh, no. If you recall correctly, PSU had two back to back holding calls after the blown TD call by O'Neill. And how many holding calls did Iowa have - 0. National talking heads were all complaining about how bad the refs were in the Iowa game

and WTF do national talking heads know about the rules ? zero

 

[papabeef]

Correct. There was helmet to helmet contact but it wasn't forcible. The forcible contact was shoulder to shoulder.

forcible has nothing to do with it ,still helmet to helmet and defenseless player .