[Husker] Random thoughts on the Baylor game

[jon johnston]

below.....

On Oct 25, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Steve Borer wrote:

> I was at the game today with my daughter!  Had great time and got
> sun-burned!!
>
> Does anyone who watched the game on TV know what happened on the  
> Nebraska
> punt that appeared to be touched by a Baylor player?  The "White  
> Hat" said
> that it was Baylor's ball, then announced a review, and then said  
> the play
> on the field had been confirmed.  However, the ball was spotted at the
> Baylor 24 yard line instead of where NU had downed or recovered the  
> ball?
> Did an NU player touch the ball at the 24 yard line?
>
terrible call twice. It appeared on my DVR to hit the Baylor guy, but  
then they ruled it hit a Nebraska player after it hit the ground. It  
appeared to hit the Baylor guy, which altered the trajectory of the  
ball, but didn't look like it hit the Nebraska player.


> On a similar note, is it just me or has the Big 12 officiating  
> seemed shaky
> so far this season?  A couple of things I questioned today:
>
> 1)  The "Horse collar" tackle personal foul on the Huskers in the  
> first
> quarter.  It appeared to me that the NU defender was trying to hold  
> the
> Baylor runner up and that the Baylor sideline players actually  
> caused the
> hit.
>

These things are driving me nuts. Players now use the sidelines as an  
area like a grey zone, and officials are throwing the flag too quickly  
when there is a nasty hit on the sidelines. It was crap.

> 2)  The personal foul on Steinkuhler near the end of the first  
> half?  What
> happened?  It was hard to see anything on the stadium replay.

They don't ever show this stuff on TV. Drives me nuts. The announcers  
said he hit a player "that was not involved in the play". What the  
hell does that even mean?
>
>
> 3)  On Baylor's long pass completion early in the 3rd quarter, one  
> of the
> Baylor receivers was actually blocking an NU defender while the pass  
> was in
> the air.  It appeared to happen right in front of the officials.

And again, they suck. Officiating suckage is all an all time high. I'm  
not kidding. It's like replay is going to save them, so they don't  
work as hard. It's not just Nebraska games, it's all around.
>
>
> I know that the NU coaching staff was really questioning (politely,  
> I am
> sure:-)) the officials most of the 1st half.  In fact, Bo called  
> timeout
> right before 1/2 time and spent the entire time talking with 3  
> officials. He
> also spent 1-2 minutes of 1/2 time talking with the officials.
>
> Maybe that's part of the issue -- too much complaining and the  
> officials are
> tired of it1


Then maybe they should go get different jobs.

>
>
> All in all, I was pretty happy with the performance of the Huskers,
> especially in the 2nd half.  It was nice to see the option runs with  
> Ganz
> and Lucky.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
>
> Steve
>
> -- 
> Steve J. Borer
> 9-12 Asst. Prin/AD
> Seward High School
> 532 Northern Heights
> Seward, NE  68434
>
>
>
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jon johnston
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