[Husker] Bad Calls

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

Agree. Roughing the kicker seems to be harsh. That call certainly changed what could have been an exciting finish.
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> wrote: 
> On 11/19/2011 12:56 PM, pgaule at cox.net wrote:
> > I don't care if the call was right by the rules...its every bit as dumb as the halo rule and they got rid of that
> >
> I'd say it's questionable whether it was correct by the rules:
> 
> Roughing or Running Into Kicker or Holder
> ARTICLE 4. a. When it is obvious that a scrimmage kick will be made, no 
> opponent shall run into or rough the kicker or the holder of a place 
> kick(A.R. 5-2-2-I and A.R. 9-1-4-I, III and VI).
> 1. Roughing is a personal foul that endangers the kicker or holder.
> 2. Running into the kicker or holder is a foul that occurs when the 
> kicker or holder is displaced from his kicking or holding position but 
> is not roughed (A.R. 9-1-4-II).
> 3. Incidental contact with a kicker or holder is not a foul.
> 
> Richards went under the punter and almost missed him altogether; he just 
> ticked the guy's foot as he went by. Hard to see how that "endanger[ed] 
> the kicker."
> 
> -- 
> Dick Karre
> dkarre at comcast.net
> 
> 
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