Gerry hit

[grandpasknee]

Also, in regard to the Indiana game-- how is there not a better system to track a field goal kick? Like maybe some lasers and a tracker on the ball. We can make miley Cyrus appear out of nowhere, but cant figure out if a ball is on the left or right side of a pole...

Miley would probably be right on top of the pole...

[dergibog]

really bad call.

I thought they might overturn the penalty, and instead they kicked Gerry out again?

Worst. Call. Ever.

[jsneb83]

Joel Klatt is the man, despite being a Buffalo.

[jsneb83]

[jsneb83]

[mnhusker]

 

https://twitter.com/thortripp/status/680961081427099648

Oh wow.

 

Good for Riley the refs need to get some heat for that kind of crap call and costing a guy half of the game makes the call even more horrid.

[quesadilla]

Gerry's hit was about as close to textbook as you can get but, based on what ESPN's rules expert said about review being restricted to above the shoulders contact, I am curious if this was a situation where the replay official couldn't overturn the on the field call. From what I understood, it sounded like the official couldn't review intent/targeting, only whether the on field refs accurately saw high contact or not.

 

If so, then this is similar to the out of bounds call situation against Sparty where the refs could only review whether the there was contact before the receiver went out, not whether it was sufficient to force him out so the chances of overturning the call are near zero.

 

I don't fault the refs on the field for making a bang-bang call on what was a hard but clean hit, but the NCAA needs to revisit their replay rules. In all the targeting calls I saw this year, both for and against the Huskers, I can't think of a single one that actually penalized the sort of hit that the rule is supposed to prevent.

[Scratchtown]

The soft culture has crept into all facets of our country.

 

Saw it in wrestling the other day for the first time ever.

 

I don't understand. Just can't understand.

[Touchdown Tommie]

The soft culture has crept into all facets of our country.

 

Saw it in wrestling the other day for the first time ever.

 

I don't understand. Just can't understand.

I have seen in wrestling the last 2-3 years...I get the safety of the kids, but it is beginning to get out of control!

[Bowfin]

Maybe Gerry's tackle and ejection will be the straw that breaks the camel's back for these "targeting" fiascos.

 

I still am not fully recovered from Kenny Bell getting a penalty for his block in a Wisconsin game, so this is cumulative outrage for me when it comes to the pussification of college football.

[CheeseHusker]

One of the worst I've seen, anywhere. I think the thing that infuriates me the most was they had a chance to look at it and overturn it, and didn't. How on earth can you possibly get it wrong twice?

 

Gerry does a couple of really smart things..... he clearly moves his helmet to the right to avoid contact with the UCLA player's helmet, for one. He made a terrific effort to keep the play clean, and they still throw him out. Shenanigans.

[coop]

Pretty much!

[huskersrule95]

[chamrocck]

Terrible officiating on the Gerry hit and non call on the Tommy facemask. Those were really big calls against us. Tommy fumbled on that play during a drive we were going to get points and Gerry's ejection took one of our best defenders off the field. These calls fortunately were not game changers but easily could have been had NU lost. Use the replay and get these right.

 

As an aside I actually expected a more lengthy review of Kalu's INT but the refs knew they had screwed up the Gerry ejection so didn't even really look at that one (who are they kidding). I don't care if it is for or against my team. I do care that they get it right and let the players on the field determine the outcome.

[Bradr]

"I've seen a lot of good football plays and I thought that was a very good football play," UCLA coach Jim Mora said. "I was stunned that he got thrown out of the game, quite frankly." LINK