Would this be a penalty if it happened now?

[Larry B]

#PlayOfTheDay (2012): Utah QB Travis Wilson obliterates Cal LB Nathan Broussard with huge peel-back block pic.twitter.com/GxRpyOltJX

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) June 6, 2016

[Rick]

Yes.  It is a blindside block and the Pac 12 calls that type of hit very close to the letter of the law.  SEC?  Probably not.

[UteThunder]

They’d probably eject Wilson for targeting! 

But seriously, I think it would be a penalty. Isn’t the rule that if a player’s back is facing their own endzone you can’t blindside them like that?

[//r00t4Utes]

I thought that block was against UCLA. That explains why I could never find it. With all the replays on the pac12 network I was hoping to catch this game.
I just remembered it was my intro to Travis Wilson and despite all the frustrations it kept a soft spot in my heart. Think that was his first game action was it not?

[Johnny]

Yes, it’s an illegal block to the back. It was discussed during the game and after. WTF? Are you a Call fan?