Rules Question: Why did the Refs pick up the flag for targeting on Wimsatt?

[GSGS]

Bigger question for me was
How was Gavin cleared to go back in???
Clearly hit his head
Tried to get up stumbled and fell back to the ground

Did that get addressed by medical staff?

Sometimes we have to protect players from their desires of wanting to go back in and finish the game

They had Gavin throw a couple on the sideline, and he threw them well over the receiver's head, so they decided he was normal and OK to return. 😀

 

[LotusAggressor]

He lowered his head and launched directly at the head of Wimsatt.... That's pretty much the very definition of targeting (or what used to be called spearing). The fact that the crown of his helmet wasn't the first thing that made contact to me is a technicality

This ranks with officiating absurdities like "disconcerting signals", "roughing the snapper", and the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on Darius Hamilton against Fresno State a few years ago.