[Husker] A couple penalty calls

[Ken Oliver]

The kicker and the holder (if used) are exempt from the line restriction.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Anita Jackson <aj05810 at windstream.net>
>Sent: Nov 25, 2011 11:43 PM
>To: husker at tssi.com
>Subject: [Husker] A couple penalty calls
>
>I'm curious about a couple of calls in today's game. The replay at the 
>stadium didn't help to clear things up for me, so I'm going to the list.
>
>First,: how can they call a chop block on Caputo when he appeared to be 
>the only Husker in a group of Hawkeyes? I thought it took two to chop 
>block, one to engage up high and one to engage down low. As I said, in 
>this case, it appeared that Caputo was the only one there. I will 
>concede that this could be wrong as I wasn't looking right where the 
>foul occurred.
>
>Second: How come offside was not called on the on-side kick? The kicker 
>clearly stepped in front of the ball before kicking it? If other players 
>cannot cross the line, why can the kicker? I saw this same thing in a 
>pro game last week, again not called.
>
>Anita
>
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