It's been a struggle for the Baylor Bears so far today against the West Virginia Mountaineers, but they reclaimed the lead on a long touchdown pass to Antwan Goodley. Fellow wideout Corey Coleman helped spring the play with this savage block on Terrell Chestnut, which was originally ruled as targeting:
Baylor’s Corey Coleman not ejected for this hellacious block
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As you can see, the hit was Coleman’s shoulder right into Chestnut’s chest. Since hard hits are not illegal in American football, the flag was picked up and Coleman will stay in the game. The internet approved of both this decision and Coleman’s efforts:
That’s a clean block in the Baylor-WVU game. It’s not illegal to hit someone hard.
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) October 18, 2014 That block was savage but that's not targeting by any definition of the rule.
— Spencer Hall (@edsbs) October 18, 2014 That is not targeting. Not even close. He hit him with the shoulder in the shoulder.
— OurDailyBears (@OurDailyBears) October 18, 2014 Baylor is back up 20-14 in the second quarter.
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