[Husker] Big XII Suspends Eric Martin for Mizzou Game

[Scott Lawson]

Should the Big 12 also suspend the OSU receiver who was driving 92 mph drunk back from the Dallas game Monday night?

I realize Gundy is benching him this week, but shouldn't the conference have stepped in there too?

Food for thought.

Scott in NY


--- On Wed, 10/27/10, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] Big XII Suspends Eric Martin for Mizzou Game
To: "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Jon Johnston" <cornnation at gmail.com>, "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 8:43 PM

> I don't know about all this conspiracy stuff, but it was not a legal hit.  Look at the video starting at 1:34.  That is Eric Martin at the bottom middle of the screen.  He started sizing this guy up about 10 yards away, he tracked him, and then he came in high, with his head down, and put his helmet right into the guy's grill. No shoulder about it.  

I just watched it on a large screen HDTV several times, including a frame
by frame review, and it sure looks to me like Martin lowered his head into 
the hit, which is both improper and dangerous, for BOTH players.

Whether the shoulder pad hit first isn't really important (though I
don't think it did), because the top of Martin's helmet definitely hit 
the other guy's helmet solidly, and nearly knocked his helmet off.

It probably deserved a penalty flag, which would have nullified the
touchdown and possibly changed the course of the game, but the officials 
can't see everything.

Whether or not the suspension is deserved is somewhat more arguable, but
timing is everything in life, and in this case Martin had three timing
factors going against him.

1.  The impact (pun not intended) the play had on the game sinced the
    officials didn't flag it.

2.  The juxtaposition of this play with others, notably in the NFL and
    the Rutgers game.

3.  The fact that Nebraska is leaving the Big XII, which means that it
    isn't going to get the benefit of ANYTHING from the Big XII office.

Another factor is that the announcers are DEFINITELY feeling their oats
these days, with ESPN having played a major role in getting a coach fired
last season.  However, ABC only showed the play twice, once from two
different angles.
--
Mike Nolan

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