Will Berry have to tone it down this year?

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I was watching College Football Live earlier and they were going over two rules changes this year. One of them was a defensive player being ejected/suspended over a blow to the head type hit.

From the article below:

-Conferences will review video of certain plays deemed dangerous due to helmet contact and, if necessary, impose further punishment. If a player is ejected, the review is required. NCAA rules officials said this was done more to emphasize safety than because of any incidents from last season.

Now the only reason I bring Berry into this is that they had two clips of his hits that they played while they discussed this new rule. One was when he leveled the UCLA WR and the other was the Moreno hit. In both cases he lead with his elbow/forearm to the shoulder pad/helmet area and they discussed that leading with the elbow/forearm could fall under this new rule.

Both hits looked fine to me, but I was just curious as why they showed two of his hits out of like only five or six total hits shown. It would make you believe that some of his hits in the past will become illegal this year. Watching him these past two years this is basically how he makes most of his big hits. It would certainly suck to lose him for a game this year due to this new rule.

College football rules changes for 2009 - Associated Press - College Football - Sporting News
 
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I'm waiting for the NCAA to trade in jock straps for lace panties. I agree that protecting players is important, but some of these rules seem so subjective that it might allow loose judgment to result in overly-stiff penalties. It IS a contact sport...
 
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Mullet Vol said:
I was watching College Football Live earlier and they were going over two rules changes this year. One of them was a defensive player being ejected/suspended over a blow to the head type hit.

Now the only reason I bring Berry into this is that they had two clips of his hits that they played while they discussed this new rule. One was when he leveled the UCLA WR and the other was the Moreno hit. In both cases he lead with his elbow/forearm to the shoulder pad/helmet area and they discussed that leading with the elbow/forearm could fall under this new rule.

Both hits looked fine to me, but I was just curious as why they showed two of his hits out of like only five or six total hits shown. It would make you believe that some of his hits in the past will become illegal this year. Watching him these past two years this is basically how he makes most of his big hits. It would certainly suck to lose him for a game this year due to this new rule.
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I saw this on CFL today as well. Sad.

kiddiedoc said:
I'm waiting for the NCAA to trade in jock straps for lace panties.
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Ditto.
 
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I understand trying to keep kids safe but football is a violent sport things happen. Showing the EB videos were just examples of the violation. I think its is complete BS and the NCAA is just looking for a reason to give the refs more power than they already have. I expect that there will be a number of blown calls and teams will suffer for it.
 
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he has such good control, i imagine he'll adjust and still be able to bring the noise. i remember an interview with him last year about him explaining how he knows exactly when and how to accelerate to deliver a big hit. he will be fine. best hitter we've had since little and wilson
 
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Dudleys87 said:
so even after the game is over if they see fit they can punish a player?
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That's the way I understand it. Now if a player is ejected then the review is mandatory, but I also think they will review personal fouls and can suspend a player even after a game.

Not sure if they will review vicious hits or just personal fouls, but under the new rule they can suspend a player after a game is over.
 
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NCAA must be run by some of these liberals we have in office. What's next? Tea at the 50 yard line during halftime? Maybe a nice civil game of chess or something. They screw with the rules every year and make it worse every year in my opinion.
 
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It is clear to the NCAA that the game of football is far to violent for kids these days so from this day forth we shall institute Flag football therefore killing football as we know it.
 
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When your on the field, those rules don't even cross your mind (except face masking). I don't understand all these rules about tackling certain ways, I guess some of these guys making these rules have never stepped foot on the field before.
 
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you are correct sir. They make the rules so they can see the game played the way they want it to be played or the culprit will be punished.
 
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I see this going the way the rule change for over-celebration went last year... Leave a rule with too much grey area up to the refs and there will be some rediculous calls. They implemented the celebration rule and in Week 1 the intrepretation of the rule changed the outcome of games in outrageous fashion... Recall Jake Locker at Washington getting flagged for throwing a ball in celebration, that caused the Huskies to lose that game when clearly Locker did nothing wrong.

I fear that bruisers like Eric Berry and Taylor mays are going to get nailed with stupid penalties for laying clean but nasty hits on ball carriers.

Some idiot ref is going to apply the rule on a clean hit, changing the course of a game... And it will happen in Week 1.
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Rheltnie Vol said:
I see this going the way the rule change for over-celebration went last year... Leave a rule with too much grey area up to the refs and there will be some rediculous calls. They implemented the celebration rule and in Week 1 the intrepretation of the rule changed the outcome of games in outrageous fashion... Recall Jake Locker at Washington getting flagged for throwing a ball in celebration, that caused the Huskies to lose that game when clearly Locker did nothing wrong.

I fear that bruisers like Eric Berry and Taylor mays are going to get nailed with stupid penalties for laying clean but nasty hits on ball carriers.

Some idiot ref is going to apply the rule on a clean hit, changing the course of a game... And it will happen in Week 1.
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i agree!
 
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Worse part is there might be a little favoritism that is used to protect certain players. A bad hit to terrell pryor or dare i say a tim tebow might cost the opposing team dearly. Leave this one up to the refs and someone will get the shaft.
 
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Cartervol said:
Worse part is there might be a little favoritism that is used to protect certain players. A bad hit to terrell pryor or dare i say a tim tebow might cost the opposing team dearly. Leave this one up to the refs and someone will get the shaft.
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this.

the Michael Jordan model...when did cfb become soccer...
 
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