[Husker] Callahan

[BRADALAN at aol.com]

After I read this post last night I watched the play that caused Callahan's  
outburst.  Grixby was not the only one held.  Ruud appears to be  pulled down 
by the front of his jersey while turning away from his blocker and  McKeon 
looks like his blocker is holding on to his arm at the same time.   These guys 
were right next to each other about 5 yards upfield from  Grixby.
 
There should have been 3 holding calls on that play, not one.  This  has been 
a trend against the blackshirts and nobody is calling it.  This  particular 
play didn't necessarily cost NU the game, but it's just kind of an  explanation 
point on the problem.  Frankly, if I was Callahan I probably  would have made 
a worse gesture than that.  He should have reached up and  removed the ref's 
glasses, wiped them off, and handed them back, IMHO.
 
I hope the University includes the end-zone view of the three holding fouls  
happening simultaneously in their response to the NCAA.  Callahan had every  
right to be upset, and it looked to me like the ref lost his composure and was  
kind of up in Coach's face earlier in the event.  Not the appropriate  
demeanor for an official.
 
Any lip-readers out there who can watch the replay and tell us what was  said 
in that exchange?
 
(Of course, if they would quit spotting decent teams 21 points, then those  
kinds of plays late in the game wouldn't matter as much.)
 
I sure hope we beat Kansas, last time we didn't I was 10 months old :  )
 
Brad Bredenkamp