[Husker] Venting

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

----- Original Message -----
Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005 5:16 pm
Subject: [Husker] Venting

> I understand the refs need to protect the QB's from late hits and 
> intentional head to head contact, but I feel the late hit that was 
> called on 
> NU was a JOKE.  Everyone knows Smith was KO'd the week before.  
> The hit in 
> my opinion, after watching it again and again is not late.  Taylor 
> takes the 
> exact same hit later in the game and NO call.  The fox announcers 
> were 
> talking about late hits to Smith that had not been called the 
> entire season. 
>  Pinkel(sp) was doing a lot of talking to the refs and I am sure 
> he was 
> complaining about his ONE MAN TEAM was getting tackled a little to 
> rough.  
> Well this is football.  HELLO, when your QB is a runner he is 
> going to get 
> nailed.  Gill, Turner, S. Taylor, Frazier, Frost, and any other 
> option QB 
> gets hit hard.  Dailey last year was blown up a few times and no 
> flags 
> thrown.  It makes me admire the toughness of our past QB's that 
> ran the 
> option and of our current QB.  At least NU can say we have never 
> had a Chad 
> May at QB.  (whiner because he was hit to hard)
> 
> _______________________________________________

IIRC the announcers said it was because of helmet-to-helmet contact, not a late hit.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas