Report: Pac-12 makes a reverse targeting call because of an untrained "third party" | Bleacher's report

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A call for targeting against Washington State linebacker, Logan Tago, would have been overturned during the Cougars' loss on Sept. 21 against USC, after a"Third party" has been involved in the review process.

According to Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, Woodie Dixon, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Commercial Affairs at Pac-12, has canceled the call for targeting, although replay managers at the stadium and officials at the Pac-12's San Francisco headquarters agreed that Tago's match against USC's JT Daniels was a targeting.

Citing sources, Thamel reported Dixon "telephoned in his opinion that the play was not aimed at ".

Thamel got an internal report written by the manager of the replay Pac-12 Gary McNanna explained the situation as it occurred:

"The replay booth and the control center agreed that it was a fault of targeting, but unfortunately, a third party did not accept. So the targeting was deleted and we surrendered to the decision on the pitch of (roaring the smuggler) without targeting.play poorly on TV.I reversed my stop for (targeting) not to (target). "

USC's victory over the state of Washington (39-36) included another controversial targeting call when the Trojans linebacker Porter Gustin launched in quarterback Cougars Gardner Minshew with the crown of his helmet.

Although the appeal sounds pretty clear during the retransmission and in real time, Commissioner Pac-12, Larry Scott, said it was a call to the limit.

"As you know, in any match, there are a lot of close calls, and it 's a very very tight call," he told reporters. Associated Press news agency & # 39; Anne Peterson (via the Register-Guard). "No doubt about it."

Scott later clarified his comments after they elicited a lot of criticism.

"Unfortunately, my comments were interpreted as indicating that the conference had been formally reviewed and that the conference bureau or myself had officially determined that there was a proper non-communication and that it was the last word, "said Scott of ESPN.com. Dan Murphy. "This is not the case."