Corn Flakes: Day after Mizzou

And yes, that’s full of as much BS as it sounds.

But Osborne’s hit wasn’t as “bad” as Martin’s last week, and it is all due to intent. To me, it comes down to the adage “see what you are tackling” On that play, Osborne was totally unaccounted for until the very last second when Gabbert, who was standing almost fully upright, finally saw him. And what happened was that Gabbert, as anyone would do, lowers his body in an attempt to juke/brace for Osborne. Well, Osborne was going for the chest, not the head, but when Gabbert lowered his body, his head was now where his chest was before Gabbert saw Osborne, ergo the hit.

If Gabbert actually never saw Osborne, this would have happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SvrkTlXoA&feature=player_embedded

You will see, its the exact same hit, just in this case, Harris stood tall in the pocket (never saw the UVa defender) and the hit landed in his chest, not his head. If Harris would have noticed the UVa player just before the hit, he probably would have lowered his torso too, and it would have been a head-2-head collision.

Martin’s head was going for the head, so I agreed with the suspension, but hard to really fault Osborne on that play. Very unfortunate, yes, but I dunno what else he or Gabbert could have done.

Considering the refs could very, very easily have allowed a Nebraska touchdown. All I’ve read about it has been “HELMET-TO-HELMET THAT WAS BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” without even so much as an acknowledgement that there was a plain-as-day fumble by Gabbert that was returned for a touchdown by Nebraska.

I don’t have access to the replay, so I can’t go and look at the hit again, but it seemed clear to me at the time that a) there was some helmet-to-helmet contact; and b) it wasn’t anywhere near intentional or leading with the helmet. What’s the rule in college football – is any helmet-to-helmet contact on the quarterback a penalty, or does there have to be leading with the helmet or intent? Because that seems key to me in whether a penalty should have been called.

Were not really because of a lack of speed or athleticism, but because they were totally keyed on stopping Martinez.

I always knew he was a douchenozzle. But now he’s a douchenozzle who can apparently read Courtney Osbourne’s mind.

I didn’t read your comment, but actually posted the same question just above. For various reasons (the hard NFL hits lately, Martin’s suspension last week, head injury concerns, etc.), people have gotten incredibly entitled recently when it comes to penalties on hits to the quarterback. Hard but clean hits didn’t get a second glance two or three years ago; now fans feel like they’re owed a 15-yarder every time somebody gets in a decent shot at the QB.

and gaining a 1st down in the process, the facemask penalty would have gained them 1/2 of a yard. Maybe that is enough for a TD there, but Mizzou would have still been down by 10 at that point.

I don’t think it was Gabbert’s fault for reacting like he did, I think any player would, but no, I don’t think that Osborne’s hit was meanspirited. Never left his feet, he as looking at Gabbert all the way, looked like he was going to tackle thru the chest. Doesn’t seem like he ever intended to go after the head, Gabbert just seems like he moved his body down to make a play, then bam.

It does suck in a way as it dampens a great win all around.

The fact of the matter is that even if the refs had given Mizzou every questionable call, they’d have still lost the game. I understand the sour grapes when there’s one big call that swings the game one way or the other, but yesterday? It just smacks of bitterness.

We won the toss and our captain thought saying “we’ll kick” meant the same thing as deferring to the second half.

Martin hit a defenseless player

So every single player on every single play is defenseless now? That is possibly the dumbest take anybody has had on the Martin hit. :::beating dead horse deader:::

I apologize for singling you out, considering how many other people have said the same thing, but there is not one player (with exception to the kicker) on kickoff coverage that is defenseless. The defender’s job is to tackle the ball carrier, everyone else on the return team’s job is to stop defenders from tackling the ball carrier. “Keep your head on a swivel” is the number 2 priority of anyone on the coverage team. The kid got caught with tunnel vision and paid the price, it wasn’t dirty, it wasn’t malicious, and most coaches would praise Martin for the play.

Roy is my favorite player on the team and I love the way he plays football.

“Getting e-mails from Nebraska fans today. I feel sorry for ’em; they put a lot of effort into these things but I auto delete w/o reading”

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he called osborne’s hit on gabbert “helmet to helmet with intent to injure”.

But pretty much as a joke. If hits like that start drawing personal fouls, then I’m just going to find it hard to watch football anymore.