Comments on: Parris healing quickly

By: kejji

kejji — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:09:36 +0000

Sorry.. but it wasn’t a helmet to helmet shot…in fact the Pac 10 officials say it was “questionable” as to if it was even a penalty…also the fake field goal play that ND did to get the ball to the 2 yard line was ruled an illegal play by the officials…ND should have been penalized for the play…Also Mays hit on Armondo Allen that got ND 15 yards was ruled a clean hit.
Read it here from MSNBC:” On the Irish’s fake field goal attempt in the first quarter, Pac-10 officiating coordinator Dave Cutaia has determined that it in fact was an illegal substitution. The player in question was ruled to be among the substitutes leaving the field and stopped about three yards from the sideline, which makes this play illegal. The penalty should have been five yards and a redo of the down, which would have made it 4th-and-7 from the 32-yard line. Instead, Notre Dame used the play to reach the 2-yard line and set up a touchdown one play later.”
Also, one of Taylor Mays’ personal foul penalties was ruled incorrect, according to Cutaia. On his first penalty in the fourth quarter, the Notre Dame runner was determined to be inbounds when Mays hit him, nullifying the out-of-bounds late-hit call.
The conference also admitted that a later personal foul on Mays for hitting a defenseless Irish receiver was questionable.

By: jan

jan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:12:05 +0000

I agree….and think that USC’s May should have been ejected from the game immediately after the vicious helmet to helmet shot on Parris, especially when he was pinned down and unable to protect himself. The helmet to helmet shot is much more likely to cause a serious injury than the sucker punch delivered by Blount earlier this year – not to condone Blount’s behavior in any way. The media, sports world, etc. made a big deal about the sucker punch, yet no one says a word about the dirty play of USC’s punks. May effectively knocked Parris out of the game, at a minor cost of 15 yards. USC’s players & tactics remind me of Miami’s punks under Jimmy Johnson.

By: Terry from Maine

Terry from Maine — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:39:00 +0000

Parris reminds me of the shark in a way. His injury Saturday had ‘USC cheap shot’ written all over it and I hope the kid is ready to go Saturday. ND needs to give BC a whuppin’. They need to kick some ass.
May it be this Saturday.