[Husker] Big Hits: cheap and/or legal?

[Robert Christensen]

I don't agree that Martin's hit was either cheap or illegal.  He was 
blocking on a kickoff return.  Its too bad the kid from OSU is out 
probably for the season.  There was a reference to an article that had a 
very good physics lesson on it.  The OSU player was hit low enough that 
his head moved forward before he hit the ground.

With the hit on Gabbert today, the helmet to helmet happened because 
Gabbert  saw the hit coming and ducked into the helmet to helmet.  I 
didn't think Osborne was flagged for that hit either.  Perhaps there is 
call for helmet to helmet even when it seemed that Gabbert contributed 
to the contact by his reactionary movements.

Bob

On 10/30/2010 9:39 PM, David Strong wrote:
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>>> Before all the whining on the list starts about the
>> hit on Gabbert (and I'm sure the suspension coming) I was
>> wondering if either announcer commented on the hit on
>> Martinez? To me, if you say the Gabbert hit is cheap, the
>> hit to Martinez lower body is just as cheap.
> We may be confusing "legal" with "cheap."  I don't feel like the hit on Gabbert was cheap, it just wasn't legal.  1. you can't hit someone in the head, 2. you can't hit someone with your helmet in the head. Martin's hit was cheap; it was no-better than a sucker punch on someone who isn't looking at you.  Osborne hitting Gabbert was a whole different scenario, but it was still not legal and he got rightfully flagged for it.  Suspension?  That will be interesting.
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