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

[Steve Stone]

  Rod Wellman wrote:

>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.

Thank goodness!

>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.

Since when was the opinion of an announcer with a shaker of salt?

>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.

In truth, we're not talking about protecting quarterbacks but 
protecting the health of young men most of whom will never even see a 
NFL practice field. In this respect the NCAA has been sadly derelict.

>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.

I saw it, and it was egregious in the extreme.

>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.

Poor logic. Barnett wasn't worried. Klatt took the hit.

Steve Stone