Jeremy Ware Lights Up Colin Sandeman
October 24, 2009
There have been plenty of big hits in tonight’s game between Michigan State and Iowa, but none quite as big as the one Michigan State’s Jeremy Ware put on Iowa’s Colin Sandeman.
The good news is that Sandeman walked off the field under his own power.
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Why is that a penalty? You can’t hit hard anymore?
Honestly I think the ref just saw helmet to helmet and threw the flag.
Wasn’t helmet to helmet. And the ref never threw a flag. I was at the game. It was only after a while that the referee called a penalty.
Stadium was boo’ing for at least 10 minutes. Loudest I’ve ever heard it there.
I was at the game also: helmut hit helmut. That is illegal and the play was properly called. Yes it was a big hit, but look again at the video. The ref on the sideline dropped the flag immediately.
In slow-mo its pretty easy to see the Iowa player’s head snapping away from his body in the direction of the hit. Helmet to face bar; probably unintentional to hit that high; penalty none-the-less.
No mention of the taunting that Ware deemed necessary after the hit?
Was slightly helmet to helmet, but Iowa receiver was not helpless in the air, he was on the ground and took three steps before hit. Helmet to helmet happens all the time, if the player is defenseless in the air it should be a penalty. This was a bad call and the flag was thrown very late. If it’s not thrown right away, it obviously is not a penalty.
honeestly i would of been all over that with a flag if i was a ref no doubt. Honestly he should have been kicked out
I can’t believe the MSU fans defending a helmet to helmet hit. That rule is there for a reason, not just to protect the person being hit, but the hitter as well.
When will people understand that a “helmet-to-helmet” hit is not automatically a penalty. Ware had perfect form. His head was up, his hands were up, and kept his feet on the ground. That is a perfect form tackle. A penalty occurs when the player leads with the crown of his helmet, not his facemask, as it is nearly impossible to not “lead with your helmet.” If the player were to leave his feet, it becomes a spear. If simply making contact with a player’s helmet were a penalty, it would be called on every play (just look at all the marks on the OL’s helmets). It was a poor call that hurt MSU, though a single bad call can’t change an entire game.