PENALTY, SCHMENALTY: KLATT GETS CONCUSSED
In case you tuned out when the score got to 56-3, we don’t blame you, but a sickening hit late in the Colorado-Texas game gave Joel Klatt the most obvious on-field concussion since…well, since another one of Gene Chizik’s assassins hit Reggie Brown so hard last year we thought he was dead on impact.
Add that to the infamous Junior Rosegreen “Cruciatus” hit on Reggie Brown last year and combine it with, oh, say, this screenshot from Joey’s fantasies, and Chizik’s defense’s thug rating lies somewhere between C-Murder and Charles Taylor, former Liberian leader whose “He killed my ma, he killed my pa, I’m voting for him anyway” slogan holds a lofty rank in the roster of “Brutally Honest Campaign Slogans.”
Chizik is Ukrainian for “Helmet to helmet.”
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What?!? I didn’t think the skirts in the SEC were so tight, serve some cheese with that whine if it’s a daily thing. Ya’ll still burned about Gene and Tommy T. breaking up the self-congratulatory circle jerk that is the SEC and making you look bad? Don’t worry, he most likely won’t be wearing burnt orange next year, maybe he’ll head back east and start delivering swift kicks to goober groins again.
Comment by bitterhorn — December 6, 2005 @ 11:57 am
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Calm down, bitterhorn. You assume we think this kind of defense is a bad thing.
Comment by Orson Swindle — December 6, 2005 @ 12:01 pm
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Sorry. It’s just been so long since the horns actually played any D it’s difficult not to snark when that sweet, sweet tatum-like attitude gets threatened.
Comment by bitterhorn — December 6, 2005 @ 12:12 pm
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The question is whether Texas can get through that fortress of an offensive line to get a hat on Bob the Bachelor.
Comment by Stranko Montana — December 6, 2005 @ 12:14 pm
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Lets just remember what happened the last two times USC faced the master Gene Chizik: 23-0(In Auburn), 24-17(In LA)
Except Gene was on the losing end of those.
USC Aub
First downs 16 11
Rushes-yards 36-123 36-43
Passing 192 121
Comp-Att-Int 17-30-1 12-26-1
Return Yards 11 90
Punts-Avg. 7-45.1 10-36.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 4-43 4-30
Time of Possession 32:15 27:45
Not much for yardage or points compared to this game, but lets remember, Matt Leinart was starting in his first game ever, and at Auburn. It was also the first game for true freshmen Reggie Bush and Lendale White.
Comment by USC better than SEC — December 6, 2005 @ 1:58 pm
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Kelson doesn’t lead with his head, he leads with his shoulder and hits Klatt in his shoulder. Either as a result of the hit or in preparation for it, Klatt ducks his head a little and then is hit in the jaw. It’s definitely a shame he got hurt and even moreso if he misses the bowl game.
You should also know that unintentional helmet-to-helmet contact isn’t illegal by itself, so the play shouldn’t have been flagged. You found one example of helmet-to-helmet contact by a back up from the entire season, hard to call that thuggery. I could probably count the non-facemask personal fouls Texas’ D has picked up this year on one hand.
Comment by Brian — December 7, 2005 @ 10:07 am
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Yes, but there’s a fine line that Chizik’s defenses walk. Much like Mickey Andrews at Florida State, his defenses don’t just want to stop people; they want to hit them so hard they don’t get back up. Not maim them, but definitely make the game hurt past the point they can tolerate. Andrews’ defenses have crossed that line at times–see Darnell Dockett.
Comment by Orson Swindle — December 7, 2005 @ 10:48 am
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Full disclosure: UT alum.
I watched the hit, both during the game, and here again. I still don’t think that it was intentional. Looks like he let with his shoulder to me too.
Any school ranked in the top 10 in total defense is going to have plays like this. It is simply a byproduct of the mentality that a tough defense has to bring to the game. Any team that that is worried about not being too physical is going to get beat down worse than Whitney Houston.
Comment by Brandon — December 7, 2005 @ 11:29 am
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What a wuss. Stap on a pair son. By the way, Chizik is Polish, not Ukranian.
Comment by Rob Goblin — December 28, 2005 @ 7:00 pm
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I agree with Rob Goblin - get a pair.
Comment by Spunk — January 2, 2006 @ 2:05 pm