That Horse Collar On The Opening Kickoff

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(08-29-2011 09:03 AM)mcsupersport Wrote:  If you grab the back and side of the neck opening of the shoulder pads, especially on a diving tackle you are highly likely to hurt the guy. I have no problem with the call, as it protects everyone. I hate that the refs missed other calls, but they will make that call 99 out of 100 in the interest of safety, which I have NO issue with.

They won't call it 99/100 they'll call it against Pitt only. Those refs were pretty bad on the bias. They didn't care about safety at all, look how many penalties they didn't call against Pitt on late hits and defenseless players. Give me a break, safety.

That was not a horsecollar go read the rule, it includes RIDING the player down to the ground by pulling on the back of his shoulderpads. That was clearly a hit from the side, that didn't have anything to do with a guy being pulled backwards. They got the flag because they went ape crazy and the refs gave it to them. Even the announcers (the very HOMER announcers) sounded very surprised they were looking for a flag.