[Husker] I love the Sun Belt

[Theodore Heise]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, George Rapp wrote:
> On 12/29/05, Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Another terrible call that really riled up the crowd was after 
>> the Michigan punt returner caught the ball and then was hit (by 
>> Shanle?, who had a great game at the end).  The Michigan player 
>> catches the ball, then the Nebraska player hits him --- isn't 
>> that football?

> Seriously, very good point -- I could make out Callahan saying "he 
> caught the ball" to the ref.  I noticed that Shanle leveled 
> Breaston (?) on the very next punt, and all the flags stayed in 
> the officials' pockets that time.  To me, that's a tacit admission 
> of a bad call.

The refs all huddled up for a bit after the first call.  I couldn't 
tell what was going on (didn't think to put the binoculars on them), 
but I got the impression they were split on the call and ended up 
letting it stand at least in part to support the ref who threw the 
flag.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA