[Husker] Venting

[Ryan Lohr]

If you take the number of plays in a football game and multiply it by say 
half the number of players on the field there are at least that many helmet 
to helmet hits in a game.
  I did not see the play as an intent to injure Smith.   If they are so 
concerned about Smith getting hit in the head, why let him run with the ball 
(of course we never did tackle him yesterday :).  It is ok to wrap him in 
the helmet if he is running the ball.  The QB's I mentioned earlier from NU 
definetly took helmet to helmet hits and no calls or complaining from the 
coaches publicly.  I guess it bothers me because our QB, took a helmet 
directly to the head and no call.

On the bright side, at least an opponets O-line was called for holding in 
the game, even though it was only once.  That is the first time all season 
that the O-line on the opposing team has been called for holding our D-line 
or linebackers.

Ryan

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


>From: gzimmerman at everestkc.net
>To: husker at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [Husker] Venting
>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:05:10 -0500
>
>----- 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
>
>
>
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