I agree with everything else you wrote, but this just isn't true. That pass is caught almost every time. It was just a drop. I remember thinking as I watched "Oh no, he threw it too hard!" Then, on replay, I saw that he actually placed it perfectly without putting too much on it.
The interception was truly awful. Cost us a shot at a very long FG.
Targeting remains one of the worst things college football has done in recent years. Such good intentions, and such a bad rule.