[Husker] Venting

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

----- Original Message -----
Date: Sunday, October 23, 2005 10:46 am
Subject: Re: [Husker] Venting

> 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.
> >_______________________________________________

Isn't this a rule to specifically to protect QB's?

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas