[Husker] Joel Klatt's Chad May moment, live on ESPN(.com)

[Rod Wellman]

Just one more reason the college game is "more pure" and much more  
enjoyable than the NFL.

Why does it seem that everyone wants everything to be the same as the  
NFL all the time?  What do we want from Div. 1 college football?  A  
playoff just like the NFL?  Rules just like the NFL?  All of our  
offenses and defenses basically the same, just like the NFL?  Sheez  
already.  This is COLLEGE football.  Not the NFL.

An announcer on last night's bowl game delighted in a big hit put on  
the QB.  He said in the NFL that would have been a huge fine,  
possibly an ejection.  I college, it's just part of the game.   
Protect the QB, yes.  But use NFL rules (designed to create an  
advantage for the offense, by the way) that turn him into a wimpy  
pocket-passer that no one can touch with their pinky without drawing  
a fine or flag?  No way.  By the way, that hit he talked about didn't  
look that devastating to me, and the QB jumped right back up and  
continued to play.  I'm not condoning the Texas hit.  I didn't see  
it.  A flag was thrown and it cost them 15 yards.  If you're worried  
about your 1st string QB taking a hit like that at a "meaningless"  
point in the game, then put in your backup.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.


On Dec 22, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Dick Karre wrote:

> I believe Bosworth's comments came after he was suspended. In  
> Klatt's case, a concussion will likely keep him out of the bowl  
> game and he is a senior, so there isn't much the NCAA could do to  
> him anyway. His point, BTW, is that the NCAA should adopt the NFL's  
> rules regarding helmet-to-helmet hits on QBs.
> Dick Karre
> dkarre at comcast.net
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> Subject: RE: [Husker] Joel Klatt's Chad May moment, live on ESPN(.com)
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>
>> I find it interesting that Klatt won't even get a slap on the  
>> wrist here- didn't Brian Bosworth get suspended from an Orange  
>> Bowl for bad mouthing the NCAA (or National Communists Against  
>> Athletes as he called them)? I know he tested positive for roids  
>> at some point, but I thought I remember his comments being what  
>> did him in- anyone else remember this?
>
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Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.