[Husker] kick reception interference

[Mike Jaixen]

If those calls were so bad, why can't I find highlights on them anywhere?

From my perspective in south stadium, the call on the Burkhead punt return was absolutely correct. This isn't the halo rule; you have to have a chance to catch the punt, and Washington didn't give him a chance.  The rules quoted online show the calls were correct. But I haven't seen a single replay.


Just because Matt Millen didn't like the call doesn't mean the call was bad.  What does Matt Millen REALLY know?  (see Lions, Detroit)

 
Mike Jaixen
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From: Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
To: Scott Stewart <fourtwophd at gmail.com>
Cc: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] kick reception interference

They were lousy calls. Nobody impeded Marlowe on his way to the ball, he stumbled, and there was no one standing where the ball came down - it did not hit a Washington player. 

On Burkhead's punt return - there is no halo - if you don't want to get hit immediately, call a fair catch. It was a good aggressive play by the Washington coverage player and Burkhead caught the ball. 
Put it this way - had a call like that gone against Nebraska, we'd all be bitching about it and we'd be right. 

Jon Johnston
Corn Nation

On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Scott Stewart wrote:

> Thank you Ted for saying that. I was thinking the same thing. "impede" does
> not require touching. Also, on the second call, I recall seeing many calls
> of that nature before the "halo" rule. When I played (before a halo rule,
> but after leather helmets), I was taught you had to give the receiver a
> chance to catch the ball and having your helmet in his chest did not meet
> that criteria. ;)
> 
> scott
> 
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Theodore Heise <theo at heise.nu> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> --
>> Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA
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