After more than a decade of complaints from coaches, the NCAA is eliminating the automatic carryover suspension for first-time offenders

For at least one season, a targeting penalty will no longer automatically take a player off the field for the following game. The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday approved a one-year trial rule that gives a player a break for his first targeting penalty.

During the national championship game last week, one team played the first half without a key defensive player. Miami cornerback Xavier Lucas spent the first two quarters sidelined as part of a targeting foul he committed in the second half of the previous ...

Editor’s note: This story was initially published on Dec. 18. Shamari Simmons came screaming into the backfield, untouched. On the first play of the fourth quarter of the Big 12 championship, Arizona State’s blitzing safety sacked Iowa State ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you livid over a college football targeting call or don't quite understand the penalty? If so, we're here to help. It's no secret that one of ...

The targeting ejection called on Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese on Saturday and later reversed is confusing to many and has been controversial over the years. Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Arvell Reese (20) hits Nebraska Cornhuskers wide receiver ...