[Husker] Another Suspension

[Scott Stewart]

While we are at it....How about the vicious hit by the NU player against the
defenseless OU player on a kickoff return. I remember seeing that one for
years on the news. 1979 or 1980?

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Paul Blanchard <pmb at theblanchards.ws>wrote:

> I am sitting here in Lincoln laughing my   Butt off
>
> Thanks guys
>
> Sent from my iphone
>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Paul Dalen <quesohusker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Big XII Commissioner Dan Beebe announced today that Eric Crouch, former
> > Nebraska QB and Heisman Trophy winner had been suspended from football
> for a
> > vicious attack on a defenseless Iowa defensive back Mikkel Brown during
> the
> > Nebraska-Iowa game in Iowa City September 4, 1999.  Beebe stated that
> "even
> > though Crouch has been out of college football for a decade we are
> > determined to root all unecessarily violent hits from the game.  In this
> > instance, Crouch hit, and proceeded to stomp on, the defensive back, who
> > clearly was unable to defend himself from such a vicious and premeditated
> > touchdown run."  Beebe stated that the egregious nature of the touchdown,
> > which put Nebraska ahead of the Hawkeyes 42-0.
> >
> > Beebe stated that because Crouch is no longer actually playing football,
> he
> > will be suspended for one week from his job selling ridiculously
> overpriced
> > playground equipment to rich people with spoiled kids.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> [Satire Alert]
> >>
> >> Big XII Commissioner Dan Beebe announced today that Nebraska quarterback
> >> Turner Gill has been suspended for one game. The suspension results from
> a
> >> play in Nebraska's 1982 game against Missouri in which Gill
> "deliberately"
> >> hit defensive end Randy Jostes in the forearm with his face. "Mr. Gill
> >> committed a flagrant act of targeting an opponent's forearm with his
> face in
> >> violation of NCAA Football Rules," Beebe said in a news release. "This
> >> dangerous hit is one that we in the football community are trying to
> remove
> >> from the game." No penalty was called on the play. Beebe continued, "We
> are
> >> aware that this infraction occurred twenty-eight years ago, but there is
> no
> >> statute of limitations in these cases."
> >>
> >> Beebe noted that Gill, who is now the head coach at Kansas, no longer
> plays
> >> football, but that he would be suspended from coaching the Jayhawks'
> game at
> >> Iowa State adding, "It's not like they'll miss him anyway. Besides, it's
> >> Kansas and Iowa State. Texas isn't involved in the game, so who cares?"
> >>
> >> Asked how Big XII officials uncovered Gill's violation, Beebe stated
> that
> >> conference officials have been scrutinizing film of all Nebraska games
> to
> >> ensure that all violations are dealt with before the Cornhuskers leave
> the
> >> conference. "There's some guy named Novak that we're looking at real
> close,
> >> but the films from that era aren't very good. We'll see." Beebe refused
> to
> >> state whether the conference is similarly reviewing Colorado games.
> >> "Colorado," he said as he exited the room. "Right. Colorado." Loud
> laughter
> >> could be heard from the hallway before an aide closed the door.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dick Karre
> >> dkarre at comcast.net
> >>
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