CONCUSSION FARM OF 2007: SHAREECE WRIGHT
Okay, being the premiere football program of the decade may not be all humdrum excellence and hourly romps with ruthlessly waxed, polymorphously perverse and willing sex partners. There are thrilling, unpredictable things happening on the field, and one of them is sophomore cornerback Shareece Wright, one of our nominees for Concussion Farmer of the Year thus far.
We’re not saying he hit him in bounds, or even hit him in a legal or intelligent way. We’re not even saying he didn’t hit him off the bench, actually–judging from the video, Wright could have been chugging down a blueberry and asskicking excellence flavored protein shake on the sidelines at the start of the play and then rushed over to hit Locker, for all we can tell.
However, he did hit him really, really, really hard, and it certainly looked awesome enough.(Rules be damned!) Get him to pay attention to the white lines on the field and stop attempting to become the second coming of Kevin Everett by leading with the helmet as he’s wont to do, and we’ll be talking hot magical pain pancakes in cleats here. They don’t hand out new spinal cords, you know, though they do sell slightly used ones in Tijuana.












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it was a late hit. not way late… but both players were out of bounds when it happened. pretty simple. let’s keep the big hit awards for the ones that happen in bounds. the degree of difficulty goes down quite a bit for the hitter when the hittee is OB.
Comment by wondermonds — October 4, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
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Seven I think your confusing rules
Comment by chris — October 4, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
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I noticed that the tacklers left foot was planted out of bouds before the hit. Since he was not forced out he was not an eligible player at that point.
Seems like a penalty should have been called, but we’re just not sure for what.
Comment by sevenDs — October 4, 2007 @ 12:40 pm
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I’m still chuckling at the idea of a Nebraska fan complaining about thugs and cheats.
As for Shareece Wright, he hit the guy out of bounds, so he gets a penalty. Not complicated and not irritating like a pass interference call on a ball heading for row 189.
As for whether it was “dirty,” I’m going with the sentiment that it was borderline because at least Locker was still moving. I recall some ASU player a couple of years ago waiting until Leinart was standing watching his pass - or checking out some blonde, whichever - and then rung Leinart’s bell to try and take him out of the game. It was a dick move, but that’s football.
Which reminds me, whoever it was that asked about how SC would react if someone went after JDBooty that way, I bet we’ll find out during the ASU game.
Comment by DC Trojan — October 4, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
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Cheap and cowardly? Like I said, the dude was barely out of bounds and still running a pretty good clip. Sometimes when you’ve already committed to a hit, its not that simple to stop. Let’s just put flags on everyone and get it over with.
Comment by The Last Dragon — October 4, 2007 @ 11:50 am
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what’s UW crying about? they got 15 yds out of deal…
Comment by blazin — October 4, 2007 @ 11:12 am
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The refs called it a late hit, not helmet to helmet. Locker should not have lowered his head, but he’ll learn.
Comment by chris — October 4, 2007 @ 10:32 am
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looks like some of the softies in this thread missed their annual checkup with the gynecologist.
this is fucking football. wright sent a very valuable message to locker… either slide or risk getting dickslapped. that’s just the game.
just deal with that and get over SC’s ass-beating/overshadowing of your favorite teams. or not. whatever.
Comment by Class of 2007 — October 4, 2007 @ 9:41 am
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To me, justifying a cheap and cowardly hit like that is what would qualify as pussified. Do it in the rules or get the hell off the field.
Comment by HFS — October 4, 2007 @ 9:40 am
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Borderline ejection? Another pussified comment. He was maybe a step out of bounds and still running. Its not like he was four steps out and coming to a standstill.
Comment by The Last Dragon — October 4, 2007 @ 9:32 am
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Not only was it a cheap shot (and correctly flagged — was probably a borderline ejection), but hitting a guy hard when he’s giving up on the play isn’t all that impressive. Cheap AND easy — not much to brag about. (Which ties in well with the reference to perverse and willing sex partners.)
I was much more impressed with Major Wright’s push back on Mario Fannin in the UF/AU game. That’s power.
Comment by HFS — October 4, 2007 @ 9:16 am
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Is this tackle football or tiddly winks? When athletes like this are moving at full speed, there are going to be times when helmets hit helmets. Both college and pro football have gone way overboard on this stupid concept. Debate all you want whether or not he was in or out of bounds. But the helmet to helmet contact rule is ridiculous.
Comment by The Last Dragon — October 4, 2007 @ 8:48 am
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So U$C cheats with houses and $$$s to players and also by spearing/leading with the helmet. Is this new?
In the early 3rd quarter of the NE game, Keller takes a U$C helmet to the chin and promptly throws 2 picks - game over! What I can’t believe is that the NE coaches didn’t see that Keller had his eggs scrambled and put in Ganz. I could see it from the South Stadium 57 rows up!
Comment by Tom Ozburn — October 4, 2007 @ 8:46 am
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Pain pancakes are Terry Tate’s favorite breakfast food. He likes them with blood sausage and the screams of your children.
Comment by Harris — October 4, 2007 @ 8:41 am
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I can see what PCB is saying about Locker not being totally out of bounds, but I still think it warranted a personal foul call. Wright was running up the field on the sideline. He hadn’t been in bounds since he left his receiver. If he’s running on the white line and Locker makes a move to Wright’s left there’s no need for a hit like that. As for the youtube clip, that’s just the media and the refs jerking off to USC. I can’t wait to see them lose twice this year, still make it to the NC game, and then lose to LSU. They’ll probably still win the AP NC.
Comment by imisscollege — October 4, 2007 @ 8:19 am