The Texas Longhorns caught a big break in their College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday when a targeting foul was not called late in the game.
Arizona State had a 3rd-and-15 late in the fourth quarter with the game tied at 24. Sun Devils quarterback Sam Leavitt passed to Melquan Stovall for 10 yards, and Stovall got drilled by Texas defensive back Michael Taaffe.
Replays showed that Taaffe had hit a defenseless Stovall in the head and neck area, which would typically trigger a targeting infraction…