[Husker] kick reception interference

[Theodore Heise]

So the announcers yesterday really made a big deal about the 
interference calls against UW--especially the first one.  Part of 
the rule they read mentioned that the defense cannot impede the 
receiver from catching the ball.  They noted that no UW player had 
touched the receiver, but if a player from the kicking team is 
standing in the place where the ball is coming down, isn't that
impeding the receiver from making the catch?

The announcers noted that there is no longer a halo, but even 
without a halo the receiver should be allowed to get into the 
position needed to make the catch.  Granted, the NU player tripped 
over a teammate and was somewhat off balance, but even so he seemed 
to be prevented from getting to the appropriate fielding location by 
the presence of a UW player.

On that basis, it seemed to be at least a not unreasonable call.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA