Cheap shot ends Fugas season........

[Flystripper]

A former RB for Nevada. Graduated 5 years ago or so.

Had a season ending knee injury on a late hit out of bounds by BYU.

[CJF]

who is Chance Kretschmer?

A BYU player tore his knee up with a late hit. He had been leading the nation in rushing or close to it if I remember correctly. Nevada fans went nuts calling BYU dirty.

[landpoke]

IIRC, his knee was taken out in the BYU game on a late hit out of bounds (I could be waaay off on that).

So it was payback? Karma comes home to roost.

[beefytee]

I wonder if the rule could be changed to fix this. I'm sure people must have thoughts on how you would do it.

Make it like the layup rule. You can take 2 or 3 steps before it is illegal.

[UtahDan]

A BYU player tore his knee up with a late hit. He had been leading the nation in rushing or close to it if I remember correctly. Nevada fans went nuts calling BYU dirty.

I thought this thread was interesting.

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...html?id=342957

[UtahDan]

I thought this thread was interesting.

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...html?id=342957

This one too.

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...html?id=761258

[Solon]

Leave it to Solon the first one to make a douche like comment.

ME with a douchey comment? I'm not the one calling for this o-lineman's nuts on a stick. The blocker's head is not behind the defender; i.e. it's not a block-in-the-back. Blocking in the back is a penalty. Blocking below the waist is not (with the exceptions noted above in the rules).

Maybe you should get your shit together and learn the rules before you start a dumb-shit thread like this one. But at least your post wasn't a run-on sentence, so you're definitely improving.

[Babs]

This scene from the Breakfast Club reminds me of you

:hookem:

[falafel]

I thought this thread was interesting.

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...html?id=342957

This post makes me nervous.

It was highly uncalled for, and there should have been more discipline coming from our players on that play. It would have really been interesting to see how that game would have gone if Chance had not been injured. Nevada might have pasted us even worse if it hadn't been for that. That game was the beginning of a very long season. Putting that game in perspective, there were actually some games where we played even worse. Realizing that the entire season was so subpar, some of the sting is taken out of the individual losses. That said, I HOPE A SEASON LIKE LAST YEAR NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!.

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...html?id=342971

[falafel]

ME with a douchey comment? I'm not the one calling for this o-lineman's nuts on a stick. The blocker's head is not behind the defender; i.e. it's not a block-in-the-back. Blocking in the back is a penalty. Blocking below the waist is not (with the exceptions noted above in the rules).

Maybe you should get your shit together and learn the rules before you start a dumb-shit thread like this one. But at least your post wasn't a run-on sentence, so you're definitely improving.

What about a block from the blindside? He definitely wasn't directly behind Fuga, but its not like he was directly to his left or directly in front of him. He was outside of Fuga's view. It wouldn't have been any harder for Fuga to see him if the block were coming from the back.

In other words, while you're correct its technically legal, in reality the play was just as dangerous as if it came from the back. Probably more dangerous, given the angle he had on Fuga's knee. Fuga probably plays the rest of the game if the block came from directly behind him.

[Mormon Red Death]

What about a block from the blindside? He definitely wasn't directly behind Fuga, but its not like he was directly to his left or directly in front of him. He was outside of Fuga's view. It wouldn't have been any harder for Fuga to see him if the block were coming from the back.

In other words, while you're correct its technically legal, in reality the play was just as dangerous as if it came from the back. Probably more dangerous, given the angle he had on Fuga's knee. Fuga probably plays the rest of the game if the block came from directly behind him.

In his first post he mentioned that they could have called an "unneccessary roughness" per what you are saying.

[Surfah]

A BYU player tore his knee up with a late hit. He had been leading the nation in rushing or close to it if I remember correctly. Nevada fans went nuts calling BYU dirty.

I wouldn't say a BYU player tore his knee up. He was hit late, but it was up high. It wasn't even a bad hit from what I recall. He just went backward awkwardly and his knee went. It was nothing close to the chop on Fuga.

[falafel]

In his first post he mentioned that they could have called an "unneccessary roughness" per what you are saying.

I know. I guess what I'm saying is more that the rule should encompass any sort of blindside block to the knees. Or some rule should, at any rate. Maybe that rule is unnecessary roughness. I don't know.

[CJF]

ME with a douchey comment? I'm not the one calling for this o-lineman's nuts on a stick. The blocker's head is not behind the defender; i.e. it's not a block-in-the-back. Blocking in the back is a penalty. Blocking below the waist is not (with the exceptions noted above in the rules).

Maybe you should get your shit together and learn the rules before you start a dumb-shit thread like this one. But at least your post wasn't a run-on sentence, so you're definitely improving.

A couple of things. You can block in the back with your head in front of the player you're blocking. I don't think Bender touches the front of Fuga. The fact that his head *might* be in front of him doesn't make it legal a legal block. Even if it is legal, and I don't think it was either in real time or watching the replay over and over, it is without a doubt dirty. He had the angle to prevent Fuga from making the tackle. If he hits him high Fuga doesn't make the tackle and there is no injury. He didn't hit him high because it would have been a clear block in the back. So he chops a defenseless player. Even you are admitting it was probably dirty. Why you're so invested in the reaction our reaction to this is puzzling. How does it impact you in any way? And it's not just today. You were telling BYU fans to back off Saturday and using Cowboy Joe as your point of reference.

Lastly, grammar smack when you're being a dumbass about football just comes off as petty.

[CJF]

I wouldn't say a BYU player tore his knee up. He was hit late, but it was up high. It wasn't even a bad hit from what I recall. He just went backward awkwardly and his knee went. It was nothing close to the chop on Fuga.

I didn't mean to imply that the hit was to the knee. Just that the end result was a season ending ACL injury.