[Husker] Refs

[Mike Nolan]

> 1.)  Stafford did everything in his power to stop.  

That doesn't matter under the rules.

> If he wanted to, he 
> could have demolished the QB.  As it was, the contact was incidental at 
> best.  

That doesn't matter under the rules, though a flagrant hit might have
gotten him tossed out of the game.  (That doesn't happen as often as
it should, IMHO, and ANYBODY who throws a punch should be out.)

> It was rather obvious that he wasn't targeting the QB, and it was 
> rather obvious that the QB wasn't even bothered by the hit.

That doesn't matter under the rules.

> 2.)  If the band hadn't been crammed on the field, then the collision 
> probably wouldn't have even happened.  There would have been plenty of 
> space.

Watched the replay on BTN this morning, the nearest band member was a good 10
feet away, the band was NOT a factor.
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Mike Nolan