[Husker] A couple penalty calls

[David Strong]

I believe the call on Caputo was not a chop block but "clipping".  I
noticed it because you never hear clipping anymore but that is what the ref
said and the announcers even commented on it.

Dave

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Anita Jackson <aj05810 at windstream.net>wrote:

> 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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