[Husker] Refs

[Greg Zimmerman]

Then the rule is wrong, no? If the offensive player pushes the defensive
player into the QB, that should not be a penalty on the defensive player.
I've seen the same thing in hockey where the offensive player is checked by
a defender into the goalie. The offensive player was not penalized for
crashing into the goalie.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas


-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Mike Nolan
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 3:33 PM
To: Patrick Gaule
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Refs


> 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.
--
Mike Nolan

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