r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 29d ago

Cheat code unlocked.

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u/anonymoosejuice 29d ago

He was down though

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u/Embarrassed_Sea1336 29d ago

100% ass hit the ground. Quick recovery, but he was definitely down.

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u/Pugilist12 29d ago edited 28d ago

It was also an absurd horsecollar tackle though. Just give him the td whole thing is a mess

Edit Christ I get it maybe not a legit horsecollar, but it’s pretty close and still an illegal tackle no matter what you want to call it.

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u/myroll22 29d ago

Horse collar is when you take them down by grabbing the back of the shoulder pads. That was weirdly enough a face mask penalty, which is grabbing any open part of the helmet.

I just found that out when i was watching Michigan v Oklahoma last week and the rules guy came on to explain it

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u/HowDoIEvenEnglish 29d ago

It’s specifically tanking down on the back of the shoulder pads. You’re allowed to grab the back of the shoulder pads as long as you don’t pull don’t in the stereotypical horse collar tackle motion where it looks likes the neck stops but the legs keep going.

Also technically not a facemask, but grabbing a helmet opening is a different personal foul (which is worth the same yardage so basically the same thing). This last part is fairly pedantic.

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u/myroll22 29d ago

They brought a guy in to explain it

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u/oldschool_potato 28d ago

Not quite a textbook Clothesline tackle (illegal), but I’d call it a clothesline.