Then and Now...

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by hookem245, Sep 17, 2018.

  1. hookem245

    hookem245 100+ Posts

    Then...

    Now...

    Which of these deserved the penalty for the rules at the time?
     
  2. #2is#1

    #2is#1 1,000+ Posts

    Give that SC freshman some credit, he got up and shook it off. I bet our freshman DB’s a very familiar with St. Brown from the all star circuit. I’m pretty sure they all dreamed about a shot like that. He’s not the quite type. Clean IMO, not malicious or dirty, but agree after the replay. Too bad he juggled the ball or it probably would have been a play on. Made Huff want to put a helmet back on.
     
  3. Ajo Macho

    Ajo Macho 500+ Posts

    Targeting as a penalty didn't exist back then, I don't think, so both calls were correct in terms of the rules in place.

    I don't mind targeting being called and getting a stiff penalty. An ejection for a first offense, which may have been accidental, is too harsh. How about 1st offense is must sit out one play, 2nd offense in same game is must sit out two quarters?
     
  4. dukesteer

    dukesteer 5,000+ Posts

    I’ll never forget the Goodwin hit. Brutal, but unnecessary, and scary. That has to be eliminated.
     
  5. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

    Every time I see Patrick Mahomes, I think back to Diggs knocking his *** out.
    It was beautiful. ;)
     
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  6. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

     
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  7. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Would this get called today?

     
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  8. I35

    I35 5,000+ Posts

    Que the CB hit of the ND player out of the backfield. Can’t remember who it was. Bryant?
     
  9. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    ^^^^ #30 Bryant Westbrook hit on ND RB - Austin - Sept. 1996.
     
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  10. Ajo Macho

    Ajo Macho 500+ Posts

    Shoulder-to-shoulder, so no. But it would probably get reviewed.
     
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  11. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

     
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  12. AC

    AC 2,500+ Posts

    Moondog,
    That’s my favorite hit along with Tony Brackens blowing up the Tech Punter in 95’ or so. Good times! I would always go for the big hit as a CB in HS. Times are changing now.
     
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  13. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    AC,
    The Arkansas return man laid out by freshman Jeff Leiding on the opening kickoff on Labor Day Weekend of 1980 (??) would like to talk to you.

    Perhaps not as hard, but more important, Richard Peavy's hit knocking Marcus Dupree out of college football was pretty damn impressive.

    :hookem2:
     
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  14. hookem245

    hookem245 100+ Posts

    Hard to believe he gathered that ball back in. Amazing skills by him indeed
     
  15. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    From my seat it looked more like he landed flat on his back and the ball fell harmlessly on his chest.
     
  16. hookem245

    hookem245 100+ Posts

    I remember every one of these. DBU baby!
     
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  17. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Anybody got video of Chris Samuels getting knocked out of the '91 Cotton Bowl on the first play of the game so we can cast judgement on The U?
     
  18. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

  19. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Anybody got a video of Steve McMichael laying out Curtis Dickey on opening kickoff at The Cesspool on the Brazos? Hardest hit in the history of that stadium.

    Our kicker was injured, and we didn't have a kicker. I asked Akers what he was going to do. He said this freshman DL had kicked in HS and they had been working with him. Our kicker never ran down the field; he just kicked off and ran off the field. The Aggies assigned no one to block the kicker. BamBam had a 40 yard head of steam when Dickey grabbed the kick in the end zone and came up the West sideline. The 500+ pound train wreck happened around the 20 yard line. Steve hit Dickey so hard that he landed against the concrete retaining wall, then went to the bench and refused to go in the game. Physical threats by a couple of OL and the FB caused Dickey to reconsider, although I think a friend of mine used some colorful language explaining to Dickey that he was quite sure that he convince the police that Dickey had died from the hit Steve laid on him.

    :hookem2:
     
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  20. hookem245

    hookem245 100+ Posts

     
  21. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    #99 STEVE "BAM BAM" MCMICHAEL from Freer TX.

    One of my favs!
     
  22. #2is#1

    #2is#1 1,000+ Posts

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  23. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    No, he didn't lead with the helmet and also didn't make contact with Holmes' head. Still blew him the f up though!
     
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  24. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Let me rephrase, as it I know it was a clean hit. for one thing, Herbie and Musburger didn't say anything, and they were always second guessing the calls.
    My question was really would it be flagged anreviewed, and I would say most likely yes. Of course, we have seen clean hits get called and vice versa.
     
  25. GeoSteppen

    GeoSteppen 25+ Posts

    That is how all the blocks should be. It's okay to be violently physical, just don't lead with your head and don't target theirs. This is textbook in my opinion.
     
  26. Detective Shilala

    Detective Shilala 2,500+ Posts

    "That’s my favorite hit along with Tony Brackens blowing up the Tech Punter in 95’ or so."

    I was dating a sorority girl for a little while, who had told me she was "friends" with Tony Brackens. I thought that was neat. Then one day I was in her room, and she checked her answering machine for messages. There was one from an angry sounding man "Yo <Redacted> This Tony. Call me back!"

    I nearly shat myself. She tried to laugh it off. But I could not get the image of Texas Tech's punter with my face superimposed on his body out of my head. I quit the field.
     
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  27. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    I know this won't rank up there with most of these hits, but I love it when a kicker has the moxy to deliver a real hit.
    Didn't Dickson light someone up pretty good a year or two ago?
    I'm looking for it....
     
  28. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    And I personally thought Lockes hit in week 2 was pretty awesome. Don't know what it looked like in person but on TV he just flew in like a missle from the right side of the screen (wasn't even in the frame when he launched) and it was like whoa...
     
  29. Mr. Fiesta

    Mr. Fiesta 1,000+ Posts

    Herbie said good things about that hit from what I remember. Said it was a clean hit, never said it should have been a penalty.
     
  30. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Right. Again, I don't think it was a penalty and neither did they. Just posed a hypothetical based on the bad calls we see now.
     

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