USC's Kicker Just Got Ejected For Targeting On The Opening Kickoff

Well that's a motherfucker if you're USC. You love to see your kicker getting in the mix. You love him putting his life on the line to make a tackle. And you know the refs are like "uhhhh...do we have to eject him? The kicker????" but rules are the rules and the kicker was sent to the showers before 5 seconds even ticked off the clock. Obviously this opens up the "targeting is the dumbest shit in sports" conversation again, like, do we really think Mr. Kicker was out for blood? Was he looking to take a man's head off? Probably not, but if you lead with your helmet, they give you the boot. And now USC will be playing this Stanford team sans kicker the rest of the way: