Ohio State coach Ryan Day is looking for “common sense” with college football’s oft-debated targeting rule. Appearing on a podcast hosted by FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt that aired on Monday, Day said too much of an emphasis has been placed on video reviews over the vantage point of on-field officiating crews. “We’re getting so much into the weeds on this that we’ve lost why we started on it,” Day said. “What was the reason why we did this? To protect young men. If someone’s launching at someone’s head, and they’re unconscious on the ground, that’s not what we want. “Sometimes we get into slow motion and we start to get so caught up in the little details of everything. That’s not realistic. I think there has to be some common sense and we have to trust the referees on the field and what they see. They’re there for a…
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