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Rice about to target Carter's head on the punt return
Rice about to target Carter's head on the punt return

Jimbo Fisher thinks FSU's targeting ejection wasn't intentional


by - Assoc. Editor -

Florida State sophomore linebacker Emmett Rice was ejected on a clear targeting call after a cheap shot on Clemson cornerback Ryan Carter on Saturday.

Rice not only celebrated over Carter after the hit, who was helped off the field and into the Clemson medical tent shortly after, but he also continued to make light of the hit by celebrating on the sidelines and appearing to mimic a sleeping motion to the crowd as he left the field.

Fast forward to Jimbo Fisher's media press conference on Monday, and he stated without laughing that he thought Rice's targeting play wasn't intentional.

"We will discuss it with him (targeting). Emmitt had a hit that was, unfortunately, a targeting call," Fisher said. "He hit the guy square. He hit him high. I don't think there was any intent or anything bad. He made a bad hit in a situation where we got to aim a little lower. We will talk to Emmitt about things and how we do things."

There is probably only a handful of other people besides Fisher that believes that the cheap shot wasn't deliberate after the celebration on the FSU sideline between Rice and various coaches.

Here's the targeting call where Rice was ejected.

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TigerNet News®
spacer That Tells Me A lot of Jimbo's Character...
CU_Tigers4life
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Salty55®
spacer You have to understand FSU and
tigerrh
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orangecoloredglasses®
spacer What character?***
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spacer Re: What character?***
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9 Lives
spacer Or hitting wimmen. @!%CHES HAVE IT COMING***
GeeVille Tiger®
spacer As expected.***
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spacer No surprise they 3-6!
Aikitiger
spacer Re: No surprise they 3-6!
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spacer Re: No surprise they 3-6!
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spacer Yea Rice...Night Night on your season thug.***
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spacer Opinions are like buttholes...
LILHOOD
spacer As if their program could aim any lower.
Swarley
spacer Fisher please - he was crying at us for sacking his QB
TigerSHARKey
spacer Re: Fisher please - he was crying at us for sacking his QB
NorCATiger®
spacer You're a fool Jimbo
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Bareftn
spacer Dude seriously?!?
Topher
spacer Are you sure you saw that clip???***
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MattReilly
spacer Not surprising for a coach who let his qb get away with rape***
tigeron®
spacer A university that let him get away with it . . .***
Rocky the Tiger®
spacer The coach & the university that let him get away with it***
tigeron®
spacer I don't think he intentionally wanted to get called for it.
rgby83®
spacer Well, MALICE and intent just ain't the same . . .
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spacer Re: Well, MALICE and intent just ain't the same . . .
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spacer Looks like he was aiming for the head the entire way to me***
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Cdixon11
spacer The guy was on the sideline celebrating and saying goodbye
BlackFriar
spacer This is fine. If anybody had any doubt who he is
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spacer Everybody knows it wasn't intentional
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spacer FSU has been a thug program for decades.
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spacer Possible Legal Liability???
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spacer Jimbo made excuses for
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clemson2003
spacer You have absolutely no business being a football coach...
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spacer Apparently he thinks ###### women and stealing crab legs
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